The thesis had the following three objectives: I. To develop and validate a medication safety self-assessment tool (MSSA) in secondary care hospital wards (Study I: organizational level); II. To use clinical pharmacist-conducted collaborative medication reviews (CMRs) in an emergency department (ED) short-term ward to identify inappropriate prescribing (IP) in pre-admission medications; (Study II: health care unit and clinical practice level); III. To investigate how well older people are aware of the major potential risks of benzodiazepines and related drugs (BZD) they are taking and whether the risk awareness changed between 2004 and 2015 (Study III: patient care and medication use level). In Study I (2008-2011), the original MSSA tool ...
Abstract Educationally intervening the use of potentially harmful medication among residents in ins...
Drug overdoses and poisonings are global health problems resulting in several thousands deaths annua...
Anticholinergic medicines are commonly used to treat e.g. incontinence. These medicines have side ef...
Over the last decade, a great deal of research has described the medication safety risks in hospital...
Populations in Western countries are ageing. At the same time, use of medications is increasing amon...
Medication errors are one the most important preventable factors jeopardizing patient safety. Accord...
Background and aims. The rapidly growing ageing population results in a demand for new types of hous...
Intravenous administration of drugs is associated with the highest medication error frequencies and ...
Development and Validation of a Drug-Related Problem Risk Assessment Tool for Use by Practical Nurse...
Worry is one of the central factors in primary health care patients’ experience with their current c...
Background: Sudden cardiac arrest (CA) represents a significant cause of death worldwide. Inhospital...
Finland is a high-risk region for multiple sclerosis (MS) and there are marked regional differences ...
Fluoroquinolones are a group of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents that are widely used and indicat...
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products are the most commonly used smoking cessation (SC) pharma...
Quality of life (QoL) and Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are becoming one of the key outcome...
Abstract Educationally intervening the use of potentially harmful medication among residents in ins...
Drug overdoses and poisonings are global health problems resulting in several thousands deaths annua...
Anticholinergic medicines are commonly used to treat e.g. incontinence. These medicines have side ef...
Over the last decade, a great deal of research has described the medication safety risks in hospital...
Populations in Western countries are ageing. At the same time, use of medications is increasing amon...
Medication errors are one the most important preventable factors jeopardizing patient safety. Accord...
Background and aims. The rapidly growing ageing population results in a demand for new types of hous...
Intravenous administration of drugs is associated with the highest medication error frequencies and ...
Development and Validation of a Drug-Related Problem Risk Assessment Tool for Use by Practical Nurse...
Worry is one of the central factors in primary health care patients’ experience with their current c...
Background: Sudden cardiac arrest (CA) represents a significant cause of death worldwide. Inhospital...
Finland is a high-risk region for multiple sclerosis (MS) and there are marked regional differences ...
Fluoroquinolones are a group of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents that are widely used and indicat...
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products are the most commonly used smoking cessation (SC) pharma...
Quality of life (QoL) and Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are becoming one of the key outcome...
Abstract Educationally intervening the use of potentially harmful medication among residents in ins...
Drug overdoses and poisonings are global health problems resulting in several thousands deaths annua...
Anticholinergic medicines are commonly used to treat e.g. incontinence. These medicines have side ef...