Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    The Difference in Pharmacists’ Interventions across the Diverse Settings in a Children’s Hospital

    202611_134421_Hughes_Lee__pub_online_.pdf (124.7Kb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Ramadaniati, Hesty
    Lee, Ya Ping
    Hughes, Jeff
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Ramadaniati, H. and Lee, Y.P. and Hughes, J.D. 2014. The Difference in Pharmacists’ Interventions across the Diverse Settings in a Children’s Hospital. PLoS ONE. 9 (10): e110168 (6 p.).
    Source Title
    PLoS ONE
    DOI
    10.1371/journal.pone.0110168
    ISSN
    1932-6203
    School
    School of Pharmacy
    Remarks

    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6958
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Aims: This study aimed to document and compare the nature of clinical pharmacists’ interventions made in different practice settings within a children’s hospital. Methods: The primary investigator observed and documented all clinical interventions performed by clinical pharmacists for between 35–37 days on each of the five study wards from the three practice settings, namely general medical, general surgical and hematology-oncology. The rates, types and significance of the pharmacists’ interventions in the different settings were compared.Results: A total of 982 interventions were documented, related to the 16,700 medication orders reviewed on the five wards in the three practice settings over the duration of the study. Taking medication histories and/or patient counselling were the most common pharmacists’ interventions in the general settings; constituting more than half of all interventions. On the Hematology-Oncology Ward the pattern was different with drug therapy changes being the most common interventions (n = 73/195, 37.4% of all interventions). Active interventions (pharmacists’ activities leading to a change in drug therapy) constituted less than a quarter of all interventions on the general medical and surgical wards compared to nearly half on thespecialty Hematology-Oncology Ward. The majority (n = 37/42, 88.1%) of a random sample of the active interventions reviewed were rated as clinically significant. Dose adjustment was the most frequent active interventions in the general settings, whilst drug addition constituted the most common active interventions on the Hematology-Oncology Ward. The degree of acceptance of pharmacists’ active interventions by prescribers was high (n = 223/244, 91.4%).Conclusions: The rate of pharmacists’ active interventions differed across different practice settings, being most frequent in the specialty hematology-oncology setting. The nature and type of the interventions documented in the hematologyoncology were also different compared to those in the general medical and surgical settings.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Pharmacists' active interventions in a children's hospital: an Australian context.
      Ramadaniati, H.; Lee, Ya Ping; Hughes, J. (2014)
      PURPOSE: This study documented pharmacists’ active interventions leading to changes in drug therapy in order to (i) compare the nature of clinical pharmacists’ active interventions made in different practice settings ...
    • Pharmacists’ Active Interventions in a Children’s Hospital: An Australian Context
      Ramadaniati, H.; Lee, Ya Ping; Hughes, Jeff (2017)
      Pharmacists’ interventions were documented to compare pharmacists’ active interventions in different settings within a children’s hospital and identify the predictors for physician acceptance of the interventions. The ...
    • Medication incidents in a private hospital : frequency, type, causes and outcomes
      McKnight, David (2011)
      Background: Medication Safety has become a major health issue in Australia and internationally. Medication use is a part of most people lives with around seven in ten Australians and nine in ten older Australians having ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.