The accuracies with which pharmacists and technicians checked medications in a unit dose
distribution system were compared. The study was conducted at three large hospitals in …

This study was undertaken to evaluate the accuracy of technicians checking unit dose carts
as compared with pharmacists checking unit dose carts. The final (after check) fill in both …

A pilot project in which pharmacy technicians were trained to check unit dose cassettes filled
by other technicians is described. With the approval of the state board of pharmacy, the …

Accuracy of dispensing was studied in the outpatient pharmacy setting, and error rates were
compared with workload. All prescriptions filled in an outpatient pharmacy over 12 …

A system is described for reporting medication errors according to practitioner and type and
using these data as part of a departmental quality-assessment program. Types of errors …

Objectives. The filling of unit dose orders and checking for filling errors are two essential
distributive responsibilities of a hospital pharmacy. Previous studies have shown that …

The incidence of undetected errors in one aspect of unit dose dispensing found in two
methods of quality control is compared. In one method, a technician fills the unit dose box …

Background: Medical errors have received national attention in the past few years, largely
due to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 1999 report, which found that over one million injuries …

Certain demographic, practice, staffing, and pharmacist satisfaction variables may contribute
to dispensing errors. A survey was randomly mailed to 7298 (50%) Texas pharmacists, of …

Focal points An unofficial scheme for reporting dispensing error rates resulted in 7, 158
dispensing error reports being collected from 89 hospital pharmacies Analysis of the data …