Medication discrepancies identified during medication reconciliation among medical patients at a tertiary care hospital

Isra Al-Rashoud¹, Maha Al-Ammari¹, Hisham Al-Jadhey², Abdulmalik Alkatheri^{1

3}, Gregory Poff⁴, Tariq Aldebasi⁵, Salah AbuRuz^{3

6}, Abdulkareem Al-Bekairy^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Pharmaceutical Care Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Medication Safety Research Chair, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Saudi Medication Safety Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Division of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ College of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Isra Al-Rashoud et al. Saudi Pharm J. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;25(7):1082-1085.

doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 May 20.

Isra Al-Rashoud¹, Maha Al-Ammari¹, Hisham Al-Jadhey², Abdulmalik Alkatheri^{1

3}, Gregory Poff⁴, Tariq Aldebasi⁵, Salah AbuRuz^{3

6}, Abdulkareem Al-Bekairy^{1

3}

¹ Pharmaceutical Care Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Medication Safety Research Chair, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Saudi Medication Safety Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Division of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ College of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

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