Table 3.

Clinical significance of the pharmacist-initiated change to patient management or therapy

Clinical significance of intervention	Number (% of total)
Life saving	15 (1.1%)
Major	351 (25.1%)
(intervention is expected to prevent or address ‘very serious’ drug related problems defined as>20% chance of noticed effect or >5% chance of harmful effect)
Moderate	535 (38.2%)
(adjustments expected to enhance effectiveness of drug therapy, producing minor reductions in patient morbidity, or a <20% chance of noticed effect)
Minor	425 (30.4%)
(small adjustments and optimizations of therapy, not expected to significantly alter hospital stay or clinical outcome)
No clinical significance	73 (5.2%)