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Prescribing errors in diabetes
The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, 2009Prescribing errors in diabetes have the potential to cause serious adverse effects. Antidiabetic agents are a significant cause of admission to hospital. Prescribing errors can be caused by poor handwriting, failure to communicate clearly, and by the use of inappropriate abbreviations.
Anthony R Cox, Robin E Ferner
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Factors Related to Errors in Medication Prescribing
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1998To quantify the type and frequency of identifiable factors associated with medication prescribing errors.Systematic evaluation of every third prescribing error detected and averted by pharmacists in a 631-bed tertiary care teaching hospital between July 1, 1994, and June 30, 1995.
T S, Lesar, L, Briceland, D S, Stein
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Prescribing and Dispensing of Insulin: Margins for Error?
Diabetic Medicine, 1992To investigate recent anecdotal reports of incorrect insulin dispensing, we compared retail pharmacists' and doctors' understanding of commonly used insulin brands. Eighty pharmacists, 29 general practitioners (GPs), and 31 junior hospital doctors were interviewed and completed a questionnaire concerning the duration of action and formulation of 17 ...
M D, Page +3 more
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Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Care, 2008To determine the frequency, prescriber, and type of prescribing errors in written in-house orders and ambulatory prescriptions in a pediatric emergency department (PED).A 17-day retrospective chart review and a 6-month retrospective ambulatory prescription review in a PED for medications with weight-based dosing.
Michael L, Rinke +4 more
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Antiretroviral Prescribing Errors in Hospitalized Patients
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2000OBJECTIVE: To quantify error type and frequency and to identify factors associated with antiretroviral prescribing errors in hospitalized HIV-infected patients. DESIGN: Systematic evaluation of all medication prescribing errors ...
B D, Purdy, A M, Raymond, T S, Lesar
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Antimicrobial prescribing errors in children.
The New Zealand medical journal, 1983During a 120 day period, the charts of patients who had received antimicrobial agents were examined. This group numbered 255 and comprised 52% of children admitted with infections. Patients treated by family doctors and/or hospital staff predominantly had respiratory infections and the ampicillin/amoxycillin group of drugs was most commonly prescribed.
Grimwood, K, Cook, JJ, Abbott, GD
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AVOIDING PRESCRIBING ERRORS: A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1996With the number of prescription and over-the-counter drugs growing every year, health professionals who write prescriptions need to be particularly cautious to avoid mishaps. The author outlines eight pitfalls commonly encountered when writing prescriptions and urges dentists to adopt a systematic approach when prescribing medications.
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Journal of quality in clinical practice, 1996
This study reports on early results following the introduction of one measure of medication prescription errors, that being the prescribing of a drug for which there is an 'alert' notice, into The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Accreditation process.
M Z, Ansari, B T, Collopy, J A, Brosi
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This study reports on early results following the introduction of one measure of medication prescription errors, that being the prescribing of a drug for which there is an 'alert' notice, into The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Accreditation process.
M Z, Ansari, B T, Collopy, J A, Brosi
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Tenfold Medication Dose Prescribing Errors
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2002BACKGROUND: Tenfold errors in medication dosing continue to occur despite being a well-recognized risk, particularly to pediatric patients. Few systematic evaluations of the characteristics and causes of tenfold medication dosage prescribing errors have been performed.
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