Impact of automated dispensing cabinets on dispensing errors, interruptions and pillbox preparation time. [PDF]
Eur J Hosp Pharm, 2023 Aim This work aimed to evaluate the impact of automated dispensing cabinets on the dispensing error rate, the number of interruptions, and pillbox preparation times.
Jumeau M, Francois O, Bonnabry P.
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Liability for Dispensing Errors in Hong Kong. [PDF]
Asian Bioeth Rev, 2021 The United Kingdom (UK) case R v Lee (2010) EWCA Crim 1404 resulted in a pharmacist being convicted for an inadvertent dispensing error and paved way for the decriminalisation of such errors by way of a due diligence defence enacted in 2018. In relation to Hong Kong (HK), what is its legal position for dispensing errors, and can it follow the ...
Tang C.
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Dispensing errors in Lebanese community pharmacies: incidence, types, underlying causes, and associated factors. [PDF]
Pharm Pract (Granada), 2021 Objectives: To assess the incidence, types, the causes of as well as the factors associated with dispensing errors in community pharmacies in Lebanon.
Soubra L, Karout S.
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Trends in dispensing errors reported in Finnish community pharmacies in 2015-2020: a national retrospective register-based study. [PDF]
BMC Prim CareCommunity pharmacies are responsible for dispensing of medicines and related counselling in outpatient care. Dispensing practices have remarkably changed over time, but little is known about how the changes have influenced medication safety.
Mäkinen E +3 more
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Dispensing errors in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates: investigating incidence, types, severity, and causes. [PDF]
Pharm Pract (Granada), 2020 Background: Medication dispensing is a fundamental function of community pharmacies, and errors that occur during the dispensing process are a major threat to patient safety.
Ibrahim OM +3 more
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Assessing community pharmacists’ practices and strategies to minimize medication dispensing errors: a Jordanian study [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeObjectives: The purpose of this study was to examine community pharmacists’ adherence to best medication dispensing practices, their awareness of medication dispensing errors, perceived risk factors, and strategies for minimising errors.Methods: A cross ...
Mohanned S. Jallad +4 more
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Clomipramine, clomiphene, and generic drug-dispensing errors [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016 Amar Bavle, Chittaranjan Andrade
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Reducing Medication Errors by Adopting Automatic Dispensing Cabinets in Critical Care Units
Journal of Medical Systems, 2023 Medication errors can have severe consequences and threaten patient safety. The patient safety-related benefits of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) have been reported by several previous studies, including a reduction in medication errors in ...
Hui Tu +7 more
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Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 2021 Dispensing errors have the potential to cause significant patient harm. Strategies shown to improve the safety of medication dispensing have been widely published, however, there is an absence of literature comprehensively assessing the outcomes of these
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Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system-A survey of users. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Introduction Drug confusion is thought to be the most common type of dispensing error. Several strategies can be implemented to reduce the risk of medication errors. One of these are alerts in the pharmacy information system.
Campmans Z +5 more
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