On-ward participation of a hospital pharmacist in a Dutch Intensive Care Unit reduces prescribing errors and related patient harm

On-ward participation of a hospital pharmacist in a Dutch Intensive Care Unit reduces prescribing errors and related patient harm: an intervention study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN92487665

Enrollment

1173

Registered

2010-08-19

Start date

2005-10-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Preventable Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)

Interventions

The intervention was an on-ward participation program for a hospital pharmacist consisting of the following activities: The hospital pharmacist assigned for this study evaluated each new medication or

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients admitted to the ICU between October 3, 2005 and June 30, 2006

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The incidence of prescribing errors per 1000 monitored patient-days.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of prescribing errors per 1000 monitored patient days that resulted in patient harm (preventable Adverse Drug Events).	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 30, 2026