A cross-sectional study on prescribing and dispensing errors at a corporate hospital in South India.

Geetha KandasamyPalanisamy SivanandyDalia AlmaghaslahMona AlmanasefRajalakshimi VasudevanMaheswari ChinnadhuraiArun Na

Published in: International journal of clinical practice (2021)

This study concludes that the overall prevalence of medication errors was around 80%, but there were no life-threatening events observed. A clinical pharmacist can play a major role in this situation appears to be a strong intervention and early detection and prevention of medication errors and thus can improve the quality of care to the patients.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
healthcare
end stage renal disease
patient safety
randomized controlled trial
electronic health record
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
primary care
risk factors
ejection fraction
quality improvement
emergency department
physical activity
peritoneal dialysis
drug induced