Nickless, G and Lipscombe, M (2023) How to perform accurate medicines reconciliation. The Pharmaceutical Journal, 311 (7975). ISSN 2053-6186

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Abstract

How to approach medicines reconciliation in practice and some pitfalls to avoid. After reading this article you should be able to:
• Define the term ‘medicines reconciliation’;
• Discuss why timely medicines reconciliation is a vital aspect of patient care;
• Appraise the strengths and weaknesses of different sources used to obtain a patient’s medication history;
• Prioritise patients requiring medicines reconciliation when they are admitted to hospital.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the accepted version of an article published in The Pharmaceutical Journal on 25/07/23, Vol 311, 7975, http://doi.org/10.1211/pj.2023.1.191429
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions:	Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher:	Royal Pharmaceutical Society
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2023 15:26
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 08:54
DOI or ID number:	10.1211/pj.2023.1.191429
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20539

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