Table 3 Baseline characteristics and observation of dispensing

 Proportion males, number (%)

26 (67)

6 (67)

 Age, mean (SD)

64.8 (11.7)

65.8 (11.9)

 Lives alone, number (%)

16 (41)

1(11)

 Proportion “no medication prior to admission,” number (%)

5 (12)

1 (11)

 Number of medication at admission, mean (SD)

5.6 (4.2)

2.6 (1.5)

 Number of medication at discharge, mean (SD)

7.8 (3.4)

7.4 (2.3)

 Length of stay, median (SD)

3.2 (2.0)

2.7 (1.4)

 Cardiology patient, number (%)

31 (79)

7 (78)

  Patients where dispensing was observed 1 time, number

39

9

  Patients where dispensing was observed 2 times, number

25

2

  Patients where dispensing was observed 3 times, number

14

2

  Patients where dispensing was observed 4 times, number

8

1

  OEs, total number

348

56

  OEs at observation 1, mean (range)

4.6 (1–9)

4.3 (1–9)

  Total, number (%)

12 (3.4)

9 (16.1)

  Clinical errors, number (%)

12 (3.4)

0

  Procedural errors, number (%)

Not checked

9 (16.1)

  Omission, number

5

0

  Wrong dose, number

7

0

  Lack of documentation of a substitution, number

Not checked

4

  Wrong strength per unit, number

Not checked

4

  Lack of documentation of a dispensing, number

0

1