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Observational study on medication administration errors at a University Hospital in Brazil: incidence, nature and associated factors

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Medication administration errors are frequent and cause significant harm globally. However, only a few data are available on their prevalence, nature, and severity in developing countries, particularly in Brazil.
Lindemberg Assunção-Costa, Ivellise Costa de Sousa, Renata Kelly Rodrigues Silva, Ana Carla do Vale, Charleston Ribeiro Pinto, Juliana Ferreira Fernandes Machado, Cleidenete Gomes Valli, Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza   +7 more
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Effectiveness of the automated drug dispensing system: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objectives: to compare the effectiveness of the decentralized automated drug dispensing system with pockets. Methods: an effectiveness study based on a systematic review guided by the question: for patients admitted to hospital units, is the use of ...
Márglory Fraga de Carvalho, Juliana Mendes Marques, Cristiano Bertolossi Marta, Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino, Vivian Schutz, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva   +5 more
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One-Stop Dispensing: Hospital Costs and Patient Perspectives on Self-Management of Medication

Pharmacy, 2018
(1) Objective: To assess hospital medication costs and staff time between One-Stop Dispensing (OSD) and the Traditional Medication System (TMS), and to evaluate patient perspectives on OSD.
Morten Baltzer Houlind, Helle Bach Ølgaard McNulty, Charlotte Treldal, Signe Lindgaard Andersen, Thomas Huneck Haupt, Janne Petersen, Ove Andersen, Lene Juel Kjeldsen   +7 more
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The pharmacist facing the logistics of safely dispensing, storing and preserving drugs in healthcare units [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Hospital Pharmacy Services have quickly adapted to respond to a critical situation characterized by the constant and continuous admission of patients with severe pneumonia who needed treatment, requiring a ...
Maria Josep Cabañas, Maria Queralt Gorgas   +1 more
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Patient-centric implementation of an electronic medication management system at a tertiary hospital in Western Sydney

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2018
Background: Traditional implementations of electronic medication management (EMM) systems have involved two common formats – a ‘big bang’ approach on the day of go-live, or a phased ward-by-ward approach over months.
Naren Gunja, Ian Dunlop, Milan Vaghasiya, Kevin Kuan, Simon Poon   +4 more
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A Tool for Evaluating Medication Alerting Systems: Development and Initial Assessment

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021
BackgroundIt is well known that recommendations from electronic medication alerts are seldom accepted or acted on by users. Key factors affecting the effectiveness of medication alerts include system usability and alert design ...
Wu Yi Zheng, Bethany Van Dort, Romaric Marcilly, Richard Day, Rosemary Burke, Sepehr Shakib, Young Ku, Hannah Reid-Anderson, Melissa Baysari   +8 more
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Concomitant prescribing and dispensing errors at a Brazilian hospital: a descriptive study

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and types of prescribing and dispensing errors occurring with high-alert medications and to propose preventive measures to avoid errors with these medications.
Maria das Dores Graciano Silva, Mário Borges Rosa, Bryony Dean Franklin, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Leni Márcia Anchieta, Joaquim Antônio César Mota   +5 more
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Nurses’ perceptions of medication administration safety in public hospitals in the Gauteng Province: A mixed method study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Limited data on factors perceived to impact on medication administration errors and possible solutions to such errors in low- and middle-income settings like South Africa is available. Methods: A mixed-methods research design was used.
Alwiena J. Blignaut, Siedine K. Coetzee, Hester C. Klopper, Suria M. Ellis   +3 more
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The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study)

npj Digital Medicine, 2023
Digital transformation in healthcare improves the safety of health systems. Within our health service, a new digital hospital has been established and two wards from a neighbouring paper-based hospital transitioned into the new digital hospital.
Teyl Engstrom, Elizabeth McCourt, Martin Canning, Katharine Dekker, Panteha Voussoughi, Oliver Bennett, Angela North, Jason D. Pole, Peter J. Donovan, Clair Sullivan   +9 more
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Medication Safety: Experiential Learning for Pharmacy Students and Staff in a Hospital Setting

Pharmacy, 2016
Medication Safety has been an established pharmacy specialty in Australian hospitals since the early 2000s and is now one of the ten Australian hospital accreditation standards.
Linda V. Graudins, Michael J. Dooley
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