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Table 2 Number and type of health care professionals participating in medication reconciliations per hospital unit

From: Medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: a time and motion study

Medication reconciliation typea

Admission

Discharge

Geriatrics (N = 21)

Internal medicine (N = 20)

Geriatrics (N = 21)

Internal medicine (N = 21)

General surgery (N = 20)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

1 clinician involved

     

Total

17 (81.0)

20 (100.0)

4 (19.0)

4 (19.0)

20 (100.0)

Pharmacist

16 (76.2)

17 (85.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacy student

1 (4.8)

3 (15.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Resident

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (19.1)

19 (95.0)

Medical student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.0)

Physician

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 health care professionals involved

Total

4 (19.0)

0 (0.0)

16 (76.2)

14 (66.7)

0 (0.0)

Medical student and pharmacy student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

Physician and pharmacy student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (19.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist and pharmacy student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist and medical student

4 (19.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Resident and medical student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist and resident

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

2 (9.6)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist and physician

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (52.4)

10 (47.6)

0 (0.0)

3 health care professionals involved

Total

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

3 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist, resident and pharmacy student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist, resident and medical student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist and 2 residents

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

Pharmacist, physician and pharmacy student

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. Abbreviations: Y Year, N Number.
  2. aPer type and number of health care professionals involved involved.