Nature of dispensing errors in selected hospitals providing free healthcare: a multi-center study in Sri Lanka.

R A N DilshaH M I P KularathneM T M MujammilS M M IrshadNithushi R Samaranayake

Published in: BMC health services research (2020)

Dispensing errors are frequent in Sri Lankan hospitals which operate with limited resources and provide free healthcare to all citizenry. Over one half of the errors were labeling errors with minimal content errors. Awareness on common types of dispensing errors and emphasis on detecting them could improve medication safety in Sri Lankan hospitals.

Keyphrases

drug induced
adverse drug
healthcare
patient safety
emergency department
health insurance