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The Epidemiology of Prescribing Errors [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are the most common cause of injury to hospitalized patients and are often preventable. Medication errors resulting in preventable ADEs most commonly occur at the prescribing stage.To describe the epidemiology of medication prescribing errors averted by pharmacists and to assess the likelihood that these errors would be ...
Anne, Bobb, Kristine, Gleason, Marla, Husch, Joe, Feinglass, Paul R, Yarnold, Gary A, Noskin   +5 more
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Chronology of prescribing error during the hospital stay and prediction of pharmacist's alerts overriding: a prospective analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2010
Background Drug prescribing errors are frequent in the hospital setting and pharmacists play an important role in detection of these errors. The objectives of this study are (1) to describe the drug prescribing errors rate during the patient's stay, (2 ...
Bruni Vanida, Gillaizeau Florence, Colombet Isabelle, Caruba Thibaut, Korb Virginie, Prognon Patrice, Bégué Dominique, Durieux Pierre, Sabatier Brigitte   +8 more
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What causes prescribing errors in children? Scoping review

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives (1) Systematically assemble, analyse and synthesise published evidence on causes of prescribing error in children. (2) Present results to a multidisciplinary group of paediatric prescribing stakeholders to validate findings and establish how ...
Mary P Tully, Tim Dornan, Richard L Conn, Orla Kearney, Michael D Shields   +4 more
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EFFECT OF TRUWINIST INTERDIGITAL METHOD IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF SELECTING DRUG AND WRITING PRESCRIPTION OF ASTHMA DRUG

Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia, 2021
Background: Medical error is any kind of unplanned or out of procedure medical action. Some of them are error in selecting and prescribing drug  which might cause the disease to remain, worse, or death. Prescribing error can be prevented by giving better
Truly Deti Rose Sitorus, Eggy Raynaldi Rachman Nurhadi, Novi Vicahyani Utami, Muhammad Hasan Bashari   +3 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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Prescribing errors in electronic prescriptions for outpatients intercepted by pharmacists and the impact of prescribing workload on error rate in a Chinese tertiary-care women and children’s hospital

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Prescribing errors may, influenced by some risk factors, cause adverse drug events. Most studies in this field focus on errors in prescriptions for hospital inpatients, with only a few on those for outpatients.
Jian-hui Yang, Yu-fang Liao, Wu-bin Lin, Wen Wu   +3 more
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What is a prescribing error? [PDF]

Quality in Health Care, 2000
Objective—To develop a practitioner led definition of a prescribing error for use in quantitative studies of their incidence. Design—Two stage Delphi technique. Subjects—A panel of 34 UK judges, which included physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, nurses and risk ...
B, Dean, N, Barber, M, Schachter
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Types, Trends, and Patterns of Reported Antimicrobial Errors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Background Antimicrobial medication errors (AMEs) pose critical threats to patient safety and fuel the global rise of antimicrobial resistance. This study retrospectively examines AMEs between 2022 and 2024 at a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi ...
Rana Hassan Almaghrabi, Ruba Mohammed Bin Talib, Hamdah Hameed Al Enazi, Amal Bin Akresh, Yasmin AbdulJabbar Barnawi, Khulud Salem AlQahatani, Wafa Alfahad, Mahdi Ali Alanzi   +7 more
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Learning from prescribing errors [PDF]

Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2002
The importance of learning from medical error has recently received increasing emphasis. This paper focuses on prescribing errors and argues that, while learning from prescribing errors is a laudable goal, there are currently barriers that can prevent this occurring.
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Learning curves, taking instructions, and patient safety: using a theoretical domains framework in an interview study to investigate prescribing errors among trainee doctors

Implementation Science, 2012
Background Prescribing errors are a major source of morbidity and mortality and represent a significant patient safety concern. Evidence suggests that trainee doctors are responsible for most prescribing errors.
Duncan Eilidh M, Francis Jill J, Johnston Marie, Davey Peter, Maxwell Simon, McKay Gerard A, McLay James, Ross Sarah, Ryan Cristín, Webb David J, Bond Christine   +10 more
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