Physical health assessment and medicines reconciliation on admission to an acute mental health unit: a quality improvement project.

Individuals with mental health disorders are at greater risk of physical health problems. Medicines reconciliation reduces medication errors on admission. The aim of this project was to improve compliance with the completion of physical health assessments and medicines reconciliation forms by using a set standard stating that all patients must have the above completed at the point of admission to an acute mental health unit.

Multiple drug intolerance syndrome: a large-scale retrospective study.

Background: The term multiple drug intolerance syndrome (MDIS) has been used to describe patients who express adverse drug reactions to three or more drugs without a known immunological mechanism.

Objective: To identify patient factors that could increase the risk of MDIS.

Method: Inpatient records over a 5-year period were captured from an electronic prescribing system to identify patients with at least one documented drug allergy.