The emergency department (ED) is a fast-paced, high-risk, and often overburdened work
environment. Formal policy statements from several notable organizations, including the …

Purpose. A systematic literature review was conducted to ascertain the scope of involvement
of clinical pharmacists in the emergency department (ED); summarize economic, humanistic …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We assess the impact of emergency department (ED) pharmacists on
reducing potentially harmful medication errors. METHODS: We conducted this observational …

System Pharmacists (ASHP) published its first Statement on Pharmacy Services to the
Emergency Department (ED) in 2008. 1 Best practices continue to evolve since then with …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study is to determine the activities of
pharmacists that lead to medication error interception in the emergency department (ED) …

Background Clinical pharmacists are integral to the care and safety of patients in the
hospital, particularly in specialty and high-risk settings. Emergency departments (EDs) …

We studied the prevalence of polypharmacy in attenders aged 75 years and over to an
emergency department (ED) in North London over a period of 1 month. We identified 467 …

Purpose In 2008, ASHP published a statement on services that the pharmacy department
should provide to the ED. 26 These guidelines extend beyond the scope of that document …

Background Pharmacists who are integrated into the ward team are involved in initial
decision making, therefore pre-empting pharmaceutical problems and optimising therapy …

BACKGROUND: A clinical pharmacist is a key member of the antimicrobial multidisciplinary
team involved in patients' pharmacotherapy monitoring. The aim of this study was to …