Critical care patients miss daily checks owing to pharmacist shortage, finds report

摘要

Government targets on daily pharmacist reviews for critical care patients are being missed in some Scottish hospitals owing to a lack of trained staff, a report has concluded. The latest review (https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/8661/audit-of-critical-care-in-scotland-2021-aug21-english.pdf) by the Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG)-which describes the activities, interventions and outcomes for more than 46,000 critically ill patients who were treated in Scotland in 2020-assessed intensive care services in Scotland on 17 “minimum standards and quality indicators” and found that four high dependency units (HDUs) were falling short on pharmacist reviews.