Improving the Management of Patients’ Own Medications in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Multidisciplinary Before-And-After Intervention Study
Xiaoyan Chen, Lin Liu, Jie Zhang, Linghua Zheng, Xiaona Chen, Mingxia Zhang · 2026
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Xiaoyan Chen and co-authors test a hospital safety program in a 2026 paper. Older patients often bring their own medicines into hospital, and loose handling of those drugs can cause errors. A team-based program at one center aimed to fold personal drugs into normal ward routines.
Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, IT staff, and supply staff each took a set role in the program. Colored labels marked each drug as cleared, barred, or pending a decision. About one hundred sixty-two patients were split evenly between the before and after periods. Drug errors tied to personal medicines fell by more than eighty percent after the change. Records and storage both grew far more accurate as well.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiaoyan Chen, Lin Liu, Jie Zhang, Linghua Zheng, Xiaona Chen, Mingxia Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |