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Evaluation of the Impact of the Presence of a Pharmacy Technician on the Quality and Cost of Drug Therapy — OPTI-PP  

Hospitalization Clinical Trial

Official title:
Evaluation of the Impact of the Presence of a Pharmacy Technician on the Quality and Cost of Drug Therapy in the Hepato-Gastroenterology Department of the Nîmes University Hospital

Clinical Trial Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the presence of a pharmacy technician in a care unit (Hepato-Gastroenterology Department) on detected medication errors.

This is a before-after study consisting of three sequential phases:

Month 1: one month of observation of what is happening in the department Month 2: one month wash out period Month 3: active participation of a pharmacy technician in the department

Clinical Trial Description

The secondary objectives of this study are:

A- To assess the impact of the presence of a pharmacy technician on the ratio of the number of patients with at least one medication error / number of included patients hospitalized in the service.

B- To characterize detected medication errors.

C- To identify and evaluate the potential causes of medication errors.

D- To evaluate whether the presence of a pharmacy technician reduces nursing time spent on medication management.

E- To evaluate the economic impact of the presence of a pharmacy technician.

F- To evaluate the acceptability of the intervention by the nursing staff and pharmacy technicians using questionnaires. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT02614638
Study type Interventional
Source Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nimes
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 2016
Completion date December 16, 2016
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