A refined management system focusing on medication dispensing errors: A 14-year retrospective study of a hospital outpatient pharmacy [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023 Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of a 14-year refined management system for the reduction of dispensing errors in a large-scale hospital outpatient pharmacy and to determine the effects of person-related and environment-related ...
Yangyang Gao +6 more
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A systematic review of the nature of dispensing errors in hospital pharmacies [PDF]
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 2016 Khaled Aldhwaihi, Fabrizio Schifano, Cinzia Pezzolesi, Nkiruka Umaru Department of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK Background: Dispensing errors are common in hospital pharmacies.
Aldhwaihi K +3 more
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Analysis of Dispensing Errors Made by First-Year Pharmacy Students in a Virtual Dispensing Assessment [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2021 Pharmacists have a crucial role in the supply of medications and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. However, with the increased use of prescription medications, there is a potential for dispensing errors to occur.
Sara Chuang +2 more
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Identifying dispensing errors in pharmacies in a medical science school in Trinidad and Tobago [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2020 Background A dispensing error can be defined as an inconsistency between the drug prescribed and drug dispensed to a patient. These errors can lead to ineffective and sometimes unwanted pharmaceutical outcomes.
Sandeep Maharaj +9 more
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Nature of dispensing errors in selected hospitals providing free healthcare: a multi-center study in Sri Lanka [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Dispensing errors, known to result in significant patient harm, are preventable if their nature is known and recognized. However, there is a scarcity of such data on dispensing errors particularly in resource poor settings, where healthcare is
R. A. N. Dilsha +4 more
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Self-administration of medication: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the impact on dispensing errors, perceptions, and satisfaction [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, 2020 Background: Our aim was to investigate whether self-administration of medication (SAM) during hospitalization affects the number of dispensing errors, perceptions regarding medication, and participant satisfaction when compared with nurse-led medication ...
Charlotte Arp Sørensen +5 more
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Dispensing errors and self-medication practice observed by community pharmacists in Jordan [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 Background: Drug dispensing is the major function of community pharmacists, the pharmacists should have the ability to counsel the patients and be aware of dispensing errors.
Esraa Gogazeh
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Designing Human-Centered AI to Prevent Medication Dispensing Errors: Focus Group Study With Pharmacists. [PDF]
JMIR Form Res, 2023 Background Medication errors, including dispensing errors, represent a substantial worldwide health risk with significant implications in terms of morbidity, mortality, and financial costs.
Zheng Y +6 more
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A nationwide assessment of community pharmacists' attitudes towards dispensing errors: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
J Taibah Univ Med Sci, 2022 Objectives Dispensing errors (DEs) are common causes of preventable harm to patients. Interestingly, very little is known about their prevalence and types in the community pharmacy setting in Lebanon due to the lack of an effective reporting system ...
Karout S, Khojah HMJ, Karout L, Itani R.
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Predicting dispensing errors in community pharmacies: An application of the Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach (SHERPA). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Introduction The objective of this study was to use a prospective error analysis method to examine the process of dispensing medication in community pharmacy settings and identify remedial solutions to avoid potential errors, categorising them as strong,
Ashour A, Phipps DL, Ashcroft DM.
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