Table 3 Details of pharmacist’s intervention in the medication factors
One-pharmacist period n = 173 | Two-pharmacist period n = 180 | |||||
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Total | Patient who had a medication error | Patient who did not have a medication error | Total | Patient who had a medication error | Patient who did not have a medication error | |
Patients who were intervened to reduce the number of medications, n | 21 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 20 |
Patients who were intervened to reduce the number of administrations per day, n | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 19 |
Patients who were intervened to resolve the dosing frequency on indicated days, n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patients who were intervened to resolve the medication from multiple prescriptions, n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |