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Prescribing errors in hospital practice [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2012
Prescribing errors that occur in hospitals have been a source of concern for decades. This narrative review describes some of the recent work in this field. There is considerable heterogeneity in definitions and methods used in research on prescribing errors.
Mary P. Tully
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Electronic prescribing reduces prescribing error in public hospitals

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011
Aims and objectives.  To examine the incidence of prescribing errors in a main public hospital in Pakistan and to assess the impact of introducing electronic prescribing system on the reduction of their incidence.Background.  Medication errors are persistent in today’s healthcare system.
Ramzi Shawahna   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Errors in Prescribing Methotrexate

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992
To the Editor. —We have systematically evaluated prescribing errors for the past 6 years. 1 Recently, we have observed recurrent prescribing errors involving methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Treatment with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis usually involves a regimen of onceweekly administration of doses ranging from 2.5 to 35 mg.2,3 Daily ...
B M, Lomaestro, T S, Lesar, T P, Hager
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Junior doctors' perceptions of their self-efficacy in prescribing, their prescribing errors and the possible causes of errors [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2013
AimsThe aim of the study was to explore and compare junior doctors' perceptions of their self‐efficacy in prescribing, their prescribing errors and the possible causes of those errors.MethodsA cross‐sectional questionnaire study was distributed to foundation doctors throughout Scotland, based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and Human Error Theory (
Jill Francis   +2 more
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Common Prescribing Errors

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992
Excerpt To the Editors:From 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992, we detected 118 instances of the prescribing of an inappropriate dosage form of a drug available as both a "standard" and a "controlled" r...
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Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Clinic

Clinical Pediatrics, 2009
Objective: This project was completed to determine the frequency and type of prescribing errors occuring in a pediatric clinic. Study design: Records for all patient encounters in the pediatric acute care clinic from February through April 2007 were reviewed.
Michelle, Condren   +2 more
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Preventing Medication Prescribing Errors

DICP, 1991
Medication errors may arise in the manufacture, preparation, distribution, and administration of drugs. Physician prescribing errors are of particular importance as such errors have been associated with significant adverse patient outcomes. The pharmacist plays an important role in preventing such errors from reaching the patient.
J A, Vitillo, T S, Lesar
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Paediatric prescribing errors

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2010
Prescribing errors are particularly important in paediatrics where dose calculations are complicated and small errors can cause significant harm. Unfortunately, there is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes an error, so studies often use differing criteria.
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Prescribing errors in paediatrics

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2012
Objective In 2007 the General Medical Council commissioned a research programme to explore the causes of prescribing errors made by Foundation trainee (FY1) doctors in relation to their medical education, the EQUIP study.1 This involved a prospective evaluation of the prevalence and nature of prescribing errors made
J Bowns, A Andreas, A Gill
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