Ward round participation involves accompanying doctors and healthcare team

Ward round participation involves accompanying doctors and healthcare teams during patient visits in hospital wards

1. Ward round participition

2. Ward rounds are structured visits by a multidiscplinary healthcare team ( doctors,nurses,pharmacists,physiotherapists,dieticians etc.) to patients in a hospital ward. The goal is to review each patient’s condition,therapy and progress, and make care decisions. For a clinical pharmacists, ward round participition is a essential part of pharmaceutical care and clinical pharmacy practice. Introduction

3. Preparation before ward rounds :- -Review patient charts ( medications,renal functions,allergies,lab reports). -Identify potential problems (drug interaction,inappropriate dosages,unecessary medications,duplication ). -Check treatment guidelines (confirms that ongoing therapy matches hospital/national guidelines). Role of clinical pharmacists in ward rounds

4. Active participition during ward round :- -Medication review (drug choice,dose,route,frequency ). - Drug information provider (providing information about drug indication,mechanism,adverse effects,monitoring,alternatives to doctors/nurses). -Identifying and preventing medication errors (detect wrong doses,duplications,contraindicated drugs and preventig ADRs).

5. -Antimicrobial stewardship (suggest rational antibiotic use and prevent resistance). -Patient counseling and support (guiding patients about dosage and precautions).

6. Post ward round activities :- -Documentation (record interventions and accepted/rejected recommendations). -Follow-up (track the symptoms,improvement,reduced side effects) -Medication reconciliation (verify consistency of medication lists at admission,transfer,discharge ). - Counselling at discharge (ensure patients,understand therapy).

7. Improves patient safety by reducing medication errors and ADRs. Optimising drug therapy outcomes through evidence based recommendations. Reduces hospital costs by minimising unecessary or expensive drug use. Strengthens teamwork within the multidisciplinary care team. Enhances patient education and adherence . Benefits of pharmacist participition in ward rounds

8. Improves patient safety by reducing medication errors and ADRs. Optimising drug therapy outcomes through evidence based recommendations. Reduces hospital costs by minimising unecessary or expensive drug use. Strengthens teamwork within the multidisciplinary care team. Enhances patient education and adherence . Benefits of pharmacist participition in ward rounds

9. Adjusting aminoglycoside dose in renal impairement Recommending proton pump inhibitor withdrawal if not indicated. Identifying duplication (two NSAIDs prescribed together) Preventing interaction (warfarin and fluconazole) Example of clinical pharmacy interventions in ward rounds

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