Pharmacists write better drug charts
16th July 2013
Pharmacists are more accurate, safer prescribers than junior doctors, Australian research suggests.
A study in a Brisbane hospital preadmission clinic found medication charts completed by a trained prescribing pharmacist contained significantly fewer drug errors and unclear orders than those written by resident medical officers (RMOs).
Medication charts completed by the pharmacist had errors in only 0.2% of orders,
