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Medication errors with parenteral drugs can seriously harm patients. To identify problems within the medication process with parenteral drugs the society of Swiss Hospital Pharmacists GSASA has developed the “parenteralia self assessment tool (PSAT)” project. The most fatal medication errors are those concerning high-alert medications, nevertheless the Swiss practice is still lacking a consistent definition of these potent and risky medications.

The current literature indicates that up to 54% of patients are affected by medication errors during transition from hospital to ambulatory care. The transfer process is complex, involving different providers and therefore fraught with communication-related challenges. While patients 65 years and older are specifically at risk of experiencing drug related problems, little is known about medication safety during transition of care to the home care setting of this specific patient population. The aim of this pilot study in the scope of a master's thesis was to generate systematic medication safety data at the interface of inpatient to home care, analysing the quality of the drug therapy itself and the transfer process with a focus on geriatric patients.