Current Practice in Weekly Pillbox Preparation and Perceived Added Value of Future Collaboration between Community Pharmacists and Home Care Nurses in Belgium

peer reviewed ; Medication-related errors represent a public health burden but are mainly preventable. A strategy to reduce medication errors could be pharmacist-nurse collaboration in weekly pillbox preparation. Unfortunately, there is little inventory in the literature on the actual pharmacist-nurse collaboration in weekly pillbox preparation and its added value in the healthcare practice. Objective: To assess the weekly pillbox preparation practices among home care nurses and community pharmacists, their collaboration for this service, and its added value, ultimately aiming to promote patie... Mehr ...