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medicines reconciliation

noun/ˈmɛdsɪnz rɛkənsɪliˈeɪʃən/

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The process of compiling an accurate list of a patient's current medicines and comparing it against new orders at a transition of care.

On admission, medicines reconciliation revealed that his usual levothyroxine had been omitted from the drug chart.

Similar: med rec

Topic: Pharmacy practice in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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