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August 18, 2025British Journal of Clinical PharmacologyOpen Access

Quality indicators for safe and effective use of medications in long‐term care settings: A systematic review

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DGDaria S. GutteridgeACA. G. CalderJSJacquelina Stasinopoulos

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Overview

Systematic review summarized quality indicators for medications in long-term care, indicating areas for improvement.

Key Points

  • About 80% of the identified quality indicators focused on medication processes, highlighting their prevalence in monitoring safety.
  • From 62 articles, researchers extracted 53 sets of quality indicators comprising 442 individual indicators for better medication use.
  • The review classified indicators using 3 systems to assist in informing improvements in long-term care settings essentials.
  • Potentially inappropriate medication lists were found, emphasizing the need for enhanced medication management in aged care services.

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Gutteridge et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af33efcf1dd9ea359e9591https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70242
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