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Intravenous fluid prescribing errors in children: Mixed methods analysis of critical incidents. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines aim to improve intravenous (IV) fluid prescribing for children, but existing evidence about how and why fluid prescribing errors occur is limited.
Richard L Conn, Steven McVea, Angela Carrington, Tim Dornan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2009
Background Prescribing errors are common and costly. Technology should enable safer prescribing. The two main current methods of doing so are computer initiated clinical support software (CDSS) and the user initiated information retrieval (IR) systems ...
Arash Vaziri, Eric Connor, Ian Shepherd, Robert Jones, Tom Chan, Simon de Lusignan   +5 more
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Pharmacists' interventions on prescribing errors in Malaysia. [PDF]

J Pharm Policy Pract
Prescribing errors (PEs) cause significant avoidable harm globally. In Malaysia, despite the prevalence of PEs in government healthcare facilities, there is limited research on how pharmacist staffing levels influence intervention frequency and effectiveness.
Tan ZSS, Chan SY, Ong SC.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Hospital prescribing errors: epidemiological assessment of predictors [PDF]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2002
Aims  To demonstrate an epidemiological method to assess predictors of prescribing errors.Methods  A retrospective case‐control study, comparing prescriptions with and without errors.Results  Only prescriber and drug characteristics were associated with errors. Prescriber characteristics were medical specialty (e.g. orthopaedics: OR: 3.4, 95% CI 2.1, 5.
Fijn, R, Van den Bemt, PMLA, Chow, M, De Blaey, CJ, De Jong-Van den Berg, LTW, Brouwers, JRBJ   +5 more
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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
openaire   +2 more sources

The frequency and nature of prescribing problems by GPs-in-training (REVISiT): a retrospective review

BJGP Open, 2022
Background: Prescribing errors can cause significant morbidity and occur in about 5% of prescriptions in English general practices. Aim: To describe the frequency and nature of prescribing problems in a cohort of GPs-in-training to determine whether they
Nde-Eshimuni Salema, Brian G Bell, Kate Marsden, Gill Gookey, Glen Swanwick, Mindy Bassi, Rajnikant Mehta, Nick Silcock, Anthony J Avery, Richard Knox   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Medication Errors in the Medicine Department of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Medication Errors (ME) pose a major global threat to patient safety, causing adverse drug effects, increased morbidity and mortality, and higher healthcare costs while eroding patient trust.
Pritama Paul, Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Uttam Kumar Paul, Nikhil Era   +3 more
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An additional cause of prescribing error [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2013
I would like to add another category of error to the helpful description given by Slight and colleagues.1 A patient of mine was approached to take part in a trial of medication: …
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the medication process in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2014
Objective: to meta‐analyze studies that have assessed the medication errors rate in pediatric patients during prescribing, dispensing, and drug administration.
Despina Koumpagioti, Christos Varounis, Eleni Kletsiou, Charalampia Nteli, Vasiliki Matziou   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources