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Improving bedside dispensing services through early medication discharge planning: a pre-post intervention study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Delays in producing discharge prescriptions have hindered the provision of bedside dispensing services (BEDISC) that enable medication reconciliation and pharmaceutical intervention, which is an important element in transitional care ...
Ai Ling Oh, Yi Jing Tan, Wan Choon Chong, Irene Yee Yew Chieng, Jaime Yoke May Chan, Boon Phiaw Kho, Mei Ing Theng, Crystal Sing Yee Tan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automation of a tertiary hospital pharmacy drug dispensing system in a lower-middle-income country: A case study and preliminary results

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022
Background: An increase in the use of automated systems has optimised the drug dispensing process in hospitals. Methods: This case study describes the implementation of automated drug dispensing system and presents the preliminary results of automated ...
Ângela Maria Bagattini, PhDc, José Luiz Alvim Borges, Rachel Riera, PhD, Débora Cecília Mantovani Faustino de Carvalho   +3 more
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Frequency, types, and potential clinical significance of medication-dispensing errors

Clinics, 2009
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Many dispensing errors occur in the hospital, and these can endanger patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of dispensing errors by a unit dose drug dispensing system, to categorize the most frequent types
Xavier Bohand, Laurent Simon, Eric Perrier, Hélène Mullot, Leslie Lefeuvre, Christian Plotton   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies implemented for accurate dispensing of an investigational new drug in a multi-site HIV prevention clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021
Safe practices for dispensing investigational product (IP) during clinical trials are not standardized and information in this regard is often limited.
Cindy Jacobson, Jayajothi Moodley, Aruna Bhoola, Rebecca Sakwa, Jeeva Moodley, Jasmin Sukdao, Nivriti Hurbans, Bhavna Maharaj, Anushka Naidoo, Melanie Maclachlan, Gift Chareka, Kudzai Hlahla, Mary Chadza   +12 more
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Factors contributing to dispensing Errors among dispensers in Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu District. A Cross-sectional Study.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2022
Background: The purpose of the study is to assess the factors contributing to dispensing errors among dispensers in Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu District.
Esther Faith Lakop, Harrison Sida
doaj   +1 more source

Are medications safely used by residents in elderly care homes? - A multi-centre observational study from Sri Lanka.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Most residents in elderly care homes in Sri Lanka do not receive formal, on-site, patient care services. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the appropriateness of prescribing, dispensing, administration, and storage practices of medication used by ...
S M S Prasanna, T S B Cader, S Sabalingam, L G T Shanika, N R Samaranayake   +4 more
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IMPDH inhibition enhances cytarabine efficacy in SAMHD1‐expressing leukaemia cells via guanine nucleotide depletion

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla, Christopher Dirks, Caroline Eiden, Sonja K. Fesenmayer, Femke M. Hormann, Yolande Klootsema, Ingrid Lilienthal, Si Min Zhang, Nikolas Herold, Sean G. Rudd   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumour‐proximal deep serum proteomics identifies biomarkers associated with ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
New biomarkers are needed for early ovarian cancer detection. Ovarian (tumour‐proximal) and peripheral vein serum from healthy women and patients with benign or malignant tumours underwent nanoparticle‐enriched deep proteomics. Ovarian serum yielded more protein identifications and revealed tumour‐reflective signatures.
Darren Lau, Daniel Pincher, Clifford Young, Nicholas Chappell, Noor A. Lokman, Parul Mittal, Leigh Donnellan, Martin K. Oehler, Doug A. Brooks, Peter Hoffmann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profile and pareto analysis of the dispensing erros of a public hospital

Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, 2018
Objective: To describe the profile of the dispensing errors identified through the drug strip conference by the hospital pharmacist and to quantify the discrepancies generated by the indicator in a high complexity hospital in the State of Paraná, in 2015.
Rafaela Sirtoli, Eliz Cassieli Pereira Pinto, Carine Fieira, Jeferson Giovan Volkweis, Suelem Tavares da Silva Penteado, Luciane de Fátima Caldeira   +5 more
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Survey of drug dispensing errors in hospital wards [PDF]

Orvosi Hetilap, 2011
Medication errors occur very frequently. The limited knowledge of contributing factors and risks prevents the development and testing of successful preventive strategies. Objective: To investigate the differences between the ordered and dispensed drugs, and to identify the risks during medication.
Judit, Lám, Erzsébet, Rózsa, Mónika, Kis Szölgyémi, Eva, Belicza   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources