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An Assessment of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Patients in Three Hospitals in Freetown Sierra Leone: Findings and Implications for a Low-Income Country.

Foday Umaro TurayAlex NinkaJoshua CokerFawzi ThomasIsaac O SmalleSulaiman LakohFoday Umaro TurayJames KomehMohamed SesayJoseph Sam KanuAyeshatu M MustaphaNellie V T BellThomas Ansumus ContehSarah Kadijatu ContehAlhaji Alusine JallohJames Baligeh Walter RussellNoah SesayMohamed BawohMohamed SamaiMichael Lahai
Published in: Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics (2024)
A Low GAS indicates poor compliance with prescription writing guidelines and high prescription errors. Medication errors were observed at each phase of the medication use cycle, while clinically significant pDDIs were also reported. Thus, there is a need for training on prescription writing guidelines and medication errors.
Keyphrases
  • adverse drug
  • patient safety
  • healthcare
  • electronic health record
  • emergency department
  • clinical practice
  • room temperature
  • quality improvement