Key result
Pharmacy-driven interventions at ICU transitions consistently improve medication safety measures.
Why the study?
Medication error rates are high during ICU transfers, but limited data exist on whether pharmacy personnel-driven interventions improve medication safety compared to other team members or no intervention.
Do pharmacy personnel-driven interventions improve medication safety measures in patients transitioning into or out of the ICU?
Population
10 included investigations of patients transferred into or out of the ICU
Comparison
Pharmacy personnel-driven interventions vs interventions by other health-care team members or no intervention
Design
Systematic review
Authors
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May support pharmacy-driven ICU transition interventions for medication safety; extends evidence but leaves clinical outcome RCTs open.
Systematic Review
Do pharmacy personnel-driven interventions improve medication safety measures in patients transitioning into or out of the ICU?
Pharmacy personnel-driven interventions during ICU transitions of care may improve medication safety, though high-quality randomized trials assessing clinical outcomes are still needed.
Rice et al. (2020) conducted a systematic review in Intensive Care Unit Patients. Pharmacy personnel-driven interventions vs. Interventions made by other health-care team members or no intervention was evaluated on Medication safety measures. Pharmacy-driven interventions at ICU transitions of care significantly improved medication safety measures in all 4 studies evaluating the entire ICU patient population.
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