An admission medication reconciliation programme carried out by pharmacists: impact on surgeons' prescriptions.

Objectives: To describe a medication reconciliation (MR) procedure prepared by the pharmacist for patients admitted for elective surgery and to assess the surgeon's degree of acceptance.

Methods: A 1-year retrospective observational study was conducted. The patient population consisted of patients aged ≥18 years admitted during 2016 for elective surgery and whose planned length of hospital stay was >24 hours.