ABSTRACT: 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. The purpose of this article is to define and illustrate the various error types and the mental altitudes that cause individuals to prescribe errant orders. Through better understanding of the cause of prescribing errors, pharmacists may be able to improve the error prevention services they provide. Based on the error types discussed and their causes, recommendations are proposed to decrease the frequency...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Contains fulltext : 79539.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)1. Although ra...
Medication therapy is becoming increasingly more complex as new drugs are developed and more therape...
1. Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writ...
1. To understand medication errors and to identify preventive strategies, we need to classify them a...
Background To prevent errors made during the prescription of drugs, we need to know why they arise. ...
Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writing...
Background: Healthcare professionals are not fully aware of the harm caused by medication errors in ...
Background. Medication error issues are often related to the medication safety and become the major ...
Background. Medication error issues are often related to the medication safety and become the major ...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Contains fulltext : 79539.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)1. Although ra...
Medication therapy is becoming increasingly more complex as new drugs are developed and more therape...
1. Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writ...
1. To understand medication errors and to identify preventive strategies, we need to classify them a...
Background To prevent errors made during the prescription of drugs, we need to know why they arise. ...
Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writing...
Background: Healthcare professionals are not fully aware of the harm caused by medication errors in ...
Background. Medication error issues are often related to the medication safety and become the major ...
Background. Medication error issues are often related to the medication safety and become the major ...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Background: Medication errors (MEs) affect patient safety to a significant extent. Because these err...
Contains fulltext : 79539.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)1. Although ra...
Medication therapy is becoming increasingly more complex as new drugs are developed and more therape...