Background Medication-related adverse events, or adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are
harmful events caused by medication. ADRs could have profound effects on the patients' …

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

Background: Handheld computers (HHCs) such as smartphones and tablets are providing a
variety of drug information (DI) applications to assist pharmacists' decision making in the …

Introduction Medication error has the potential to lead to harm to the patient. It is the leading
cause of threatens trust in the healthcare system, induce corrective therapy, and prolong …

Background Medication use process in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging
and the risk for medication error (ME) to occur is high. In Malaysia, several studies on ME …

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 …

Background Preventable adverse drug reactions (PADRs) in inpatients are associated with
harm, including increased length of stay and potential loss of life, and result in elevated …

Introduction Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety and are
prevalent in all health-care settings. This umbrella review aims to systematically evaluate the …

Medication error reporting (MER) is an effective way used to identify the causes of
Medication Errors (MEs) and to prevent repeating them in future. The underreporting of MEs …

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search through August 2019 using PubMed,
EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar to identify all observational studies …