The process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions, identified multiple instances where co-administered medications could affect each other's efficacy or safety.
Used when a patient's medication list is reviewed and compared against current orders, identifying potential conflicts between medications.
"Medication reconciliation reveals multiple drug interactions between the patient's warfarin, amiodarone, and simvastatin."
This phrase is used to document identified drug-drug interactions.
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