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Medication Safety Reconciliation Toolkit


Description

The Medication Reconciliation Toolkit helps hospitals establish and implement a standardized medication reconciliation process. The toolkit provides guidance, sample forms, and tips.

The toolkit includes the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Assessment
  • The project
  • Performance improvement model
  • Spreading and formalizing
  • Reference materials
Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.ncqualitycenter.org/downloads/MRToolkit.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software External Web Site Policy.)

Developer

North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety

Funding Sources

North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety


QualityTool Topic

Patient/Medication safety; Quality improvement strategies


History

  • Release Date: 09/2006
  • Original Summary: 07/2008
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Last updated: March 11, 2011.