Introduction to individual drug evaluation services

Individual drug evaluation service is another clinical pharmacy service offered from clinical pharmacists. Ms Chao will give examples of errors that are corrected by individual drug evaluations.

Key concepts

Individual drug evaluation service is another clinical pharmacy service.

Drug Therapy Evaluation Services includes:

• Pharmacokinetic consultation

• Dosage regimen evaluation

• Adverse drug reaction evaluation

• Drug interaction evaluation

• Medication therapy evaluation

• Etc.

The pharmacist will evaluate the medication therapy, considering the patient diagnosis and specific needs before writing down the suggestion in a final report in pharmacy note format.

Types of medication errors:

• Wrong medication

• Wrong dosage form

Share and learn:

• At your hospital, what are the more common types of intervention by clinical pharmacists?