Study of Medication Reconciliation Process at the Time of Admission in the Patients of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.

Introduction: Reconciliation errors are those that are considered harmful or possibly dangerous to patients; in fact, reconciliation errors significantly influence adverse drug events (ADEs) among admitted and discharged patients. Medication reconciliation facilitates the identification and prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events. Worldwide, ongoing medication management is a major source of concern for patient safety.

A Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Pharmacovigilance among Doctors and Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.

Introduction: Pharmacovigilance is the branch of science that deals with the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse reactions to medicines (i.e., adverse drug reactions or ADRs).

Evaluation of the appropriateness of prescribing in geriatric patients using Beers criteria and Phadke's criteria and comparison thereof.

Objectives: To evaluate appropriateness of prescribing medicines in geriatric patients using both Beers criteria and Phadke's criteria and compare them for validation of Phadke's criteria as a tool to evaluate rationality of prescribing in elderly.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional prospective observational study was conducted and the baseline data were collected from different inpatient and outpatient departments in Shree Krishna Hospital (SKH), Karamsad. A total of 400 patients of geriatric age group (≥65 years) from various inpatient and outpatient departments of SKH were included in the study.