Medication reconciliation effect on prolonged inpatient stress ulcer prophylaxis.

Background: While medication reconciliation (MR) has been shown to reduce medication errors by limiting errors of transcription, omission, and duplicate therapy, its impact on the provision of unnecessary prophylaxis is largely unknown.

Objective: To determine the effect of MR on the incidence of prolonged stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) across the continuum of care from hospital admission to discharge as well as evaluate clinical conditions associated with prolonged SUP.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and had SUP initiated.