Background Underlying systems factors have been seen to be crucial contributors to the
occurrence of medication errors. By understanding the causes of these errors, the most …

Aims Prescribing errors are an important cause of patient safety incidents and are frequently
caused by junior doctors. This might be because the prescribing competence of final‐year …

Can Trust, there has been an increasing focus on using clearly defined, transparent
processes for rating the quality of evidence and the strength of the overall body of evidence …

Introduction It has been suggested that doctors in their first year of post-graduate training
make a disproportionate number of prescribing errors. Objective This study aimed to …

Purpose The aim was to critically appraise, synthesise and present the evidence of
medication errors amongst hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries, specifically …

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 …

Background Antimicrobial resistance has led to widespread implementation of interventions
for appropriate prescribing. However, such interventions are often adopted without an …

Background Medication errors and adverse drug events are universal problems contributing
to patient harm but the magnitude of these problems in Africa remains unclear. Objective …

Aim To compare the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in newly written
medication orders and how quickly they were rectified, in three NHS organisations. Methods …

Introduction Prescribing errors are a major cause of patient safety incidents. Understanding
the underlying factors is essential in developing interventions to address this problem. This …