Medication errors: the importance of safe dispensing

KC Cheung, ML Bouvy… - British journal of clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
1. Although rates of dispensing errors are generally low, further improvements in pharmacy
distribution systems are still important because pharmacies dispense such high volumes of …

Pharmacists' attitudes towards dispensing errors: their causes and prevention

GM Peterson, MSH Wu… - Journal of clinical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To assess the attitudes of pharmacists towards the issue of dispensing errors.
Method: A postal survey was undertaken among all Tasmanian‐registered pharmacists …

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TA Anacleto, E Perini, MB Rosa, CC César - Clinics, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To determine the dispensing error rate and to identify factors associated with
them, and to propose prevention actions. METHODS: A cross-sectional study focusing on …

[HTML][HTML] Medication errors and drug-dispensing systems in a hospital pharmacy

TA Anacleto, E Perini, MB Rosa, CC César - Clinics, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Pharmacies permeate and interconnect various actions developed in different sectors within
the complex process of the use of drugs in a hospital. Dispensing failures mean that a …

Prospective study of the incidence, nature and causes of dispensing errors in community pharmacies

DM Ashcroft, P Quinlan… - … and drug safety, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background Each year over 600 million prescription items are dispensed in community
pharmacies in England and Wales. Despite this, there is little published evidence relating to …

The frequency and potential causes of dispensing errors in a hospital pharmacy

A Beso, BD Franklin, N Barber - Pharmacy World and Science, 2005 - Springer
Objectives: To determine the frequency and types of dispensing errors identified both at the
final check stage and outside of a UK hospital pharmacy, to explore the reasons why they …

How many hospital pharmacy medication dispensing errors go undetected?

JL Cina, TK Gandhi, W Churchill, J Fanikos… - The Joint Commission …, 2006 - Elsevier
Article-at-a-Glance Background Hospital pharmacies dispense large numbers of medication
doses for hospitalized patients. A study was conducted at an academic tertiary care hospital …

A feasibility study for recording of dispensing errors and 'near misses' in four UK primary care pharmacies

SS Chua, ICK Wong, H Edmondson, C Allen, J Chow… - Drug safety, 2003 - Springer
Medication errors can occur at the prescribing, transcription, dispensing and administration
stage of drug therapy. However, publication of the Organisation with a Memory (OWAM) by …

Pharmacists' assessment of dispensing errors: risk factors, practice sites, professional functions, and satisfaction

CA Bond, CL Raehl - Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Certain demographic, practice, staffing, and pharmacist satisfaction variables may contribute
to dispensing errors. A survey was randomly mailed to 7298 (50%) Texas pharmacists, of …

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