In recent years, pharmaceutical practice has become orientated towards achieving therapeutic results and a rational\r\nuse of drugs. In order to develop these activities in the complexity of the hospital setting, pharmacists need to become directly\r\ninvolved in patient care team in different hospital units. The objective of the study is to describe the clinical interventions of\r\nclinical pharmacist in a pediatrics department. A prospective observational study was conducted in PICU, NICU, IP and OP of\r\nPaediatrics Department, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa for the period of 6 months. All documented\r\nmedication orders monitored for any medication misadventures. Impact of clinical pharmacist was analysed by using the chisquare\r\ntest through graph-pad prism. Result show that medication misadventures in children were common. The variables that\r\nshow the most were medication errors, adverse drug reactions and drug interactions. The importance of the clinical pharmacist\r\nin preventing medication misadventures is well established. In this paper, we found that efficient clinical pharmacist available to\r\nhealth care professionals in providing awareness regarding drugs, current prescribing guidelines and thus improving the quality\r\nand safety of care provided. The close relationship of clinical pharmacist with the healthcare professionals especially nursing\r\nstaff and acquisition of additional information about the problems faced by health professionals in the unit each day has\r\nfacilitated resolution of events and the identification of areas for improvement in the processes related to the request, receipt\r\nand optimization of use of drugs.
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