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. 2007 Aug;3(4):695–703.

Table 6.

Importance of interventions as rated by pharmacist

Rating Importance Number Percentage Examples
1 Prevented Mortality 0 0.0% Avoided administration of a medication listed as an allergy with an anaphylactic reaction in medical record.
2 Prevented Serious Morbidity 273 29.2% Held a medication in response to supratherapeutic drug levels, ie, digoxin, theophylline, warfarin, etc.
3 Prevented Potential ADE or Standard of Practice 626 67.7% Lowered warfarin dose empirically in response to addition of amiodarone.Added ACEI therapy to patient with both diabetes and hypertension.
4 Cost or Product Selection 27 2.9% Switch PPI therapy from esomeprazole to pantoprazole per approved therapeutic interchange. Adherence to an established outpatient medication formulary.
Not Rated 1 0.1% (Inadvertently not rated)
Total 927 100.0%