What do systematic reviews say?

Medication reconciliation interventions vs no medication reconciliation

Medication reconciliation showed no clear difference in medication errors ( compared with no medication reconciliation (low certainty).

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.55 [0.17, 1.74]
  3 studies · 379 participants
  Low

Medication reconciliation: pharmacist vs other professionals

Medication reconciliation: pharmacist may leads to lower medication errors ( compared with other professionals (low certainty).

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.21 [0.09, 0.48]
  8 studies · 2648 participants
  Low

Medication reconciliation: 1 or 2 vs 4 charts open simultaneously

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  11504 participants
  Very low

Medication reconciliation by trained pharmacist technician vs pharmacist

It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation by trained pharmacist technician changes medication errors ( compared with pharmacist (very low certainty).

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.65 [0.25, 1.7]
  2 studies · 306 participants
  Very low