Background and Aims: Medication errors occur at any point of the medication management
process, and are a major cause of death and harm globally. The objective of this review was …

Introduction Children admitted to paediatric and neonatal intensive care units may be at high
risk from medication errors and preventable adverse drug events. Objective The objective of …

Background Medication errors are a great concern to health care organisations as they are
costly and pose a significant risk to patients. Children are three times more likely to be …

Introduction The risk of medication errors is high in paediatric inpatient settings. However,
estimates of the prevalence of medication errors have not accounted for heterogeneity …

In the past 3 decades, quality improvement methodology has often been employed in
medicine to improve patient outcomes. Neonatal medicine has seen an increase in …

Introduction Neonates are at greater risk of preventable adverse drug events as compared to
children and adults. Objective This study aimed to estimate and critically appraise the …

Introduction: Pediatric patients cared for in professional healthcare settings are at high risk of
medication errors. Interventions to improve patient safety often focus on prescribing; …

Background: Medication errors are one of the leading avoidable sources of harm to hospital
patients. In hospitals, a range of interventions have been used to reduce the risk of errors at …

Background Although hospital accreditation is recognized as a tool for improving healthcare,
there are inconsistent results regarding its impact on healthcare quality. In Saudi Arabia, it is …

Background Any event involving drug therapy that may interfere in a patient's desired clinical
outcome is called a drug related problem (DRP). DRP are very common in intensive therapy …