Comparative assessment of medication reconciliation performed by the nursing or pharmacy services in a private hospital in costa rica.

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-042
• By: DíAZ MADRIZ, Jose (Hospital Clínica Bíblica, Pharmacy, San José, Costa Rica)
• Co-author(s): Jose Pablo Díaz Madriz: Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Jose Miguel Chaverri Fernández: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Drug Dependence of the School of Pharmacy, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  David Garro Zamora: Pharmacy, Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Natalia Sancho Vargas: Intern Students, University of Medical Sciences UCIMED-Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Tony Mok Zhen: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Drug Dependence of the School of Pharmacy, University of Medical Sciences UCIMED-Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Amalia Solís Bolaños: Intern Students, University of Medical Sciences UCIMED-Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Angela Navas Barrantes: Intern Students, University of Medical Sciences UCIMED-Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  Esteban Zavaleta Monestel: Head of Pharmacy, Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Medication errors (ME) cause risks in hospitalized patients and are one of the main reasons of an increased morbidity and mortality in patients with multiple medication regimes, in addition to an elevation in hospitalization associated costs. It has been shown that a patient safety process like medication reconciliation could be a

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