MEDICINES reconciliation toolkit: A medicines reconciliation toolkit to help pharmacists improve patient safety has been released by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
FIP says the toolkit also contributes to the World Health Organisation's (WHO's) third Global Patient Safety Challenge -- Medication without harm -- which lists care transitions as one of three priority areas that need effective action to protect patients.
Transitions of care (such as admission to a healthcare facility, transfer between settings within a facility and at discharge, and also across different prescribers in community settings) can potentially lead to patient harm due to unintentional changes in medication or poor communication.
FIP's toolkit on medicines reconciliation outlines the principles and important processes that pharmacists should follow when providing this professional service. It summarises the definitions, impact and procedures for the implementation of pharmacist-led medicines reconciliation in both community, and hospital healthcare settings and offers a set of tools to support practice.
Further details can be accessed here.
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