Nonmedical prescribing has been allowed in the United Kingdom (UK) since 1992. Its
development over the past 24 years has been marked by changes in legislation, enabling …

Aims Prescribing errors are an important cause of patient safety incidents and are frequently
caused by junior doctors. This might be because the prescribing competence of final‐year …

Introduction It has been suggested that doctors in their first year of post-graduate training
make a disproportionate number of prescribing errors. Objective This study aimed to …

Background Antimicrobial resistance has led to widespread implementation of interventions
for appropriate prescribing. However, such interventions are often adopted without an …

Objectives To investigate the underlying causes of intravenous medication administration
errors (MAEs) in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Setting Two NHS teaching …

Objective Medication administration errors (MAEs) are a common risk to patient safety in
mental health hospitals, but an absence of in-depth studies to understand the underlying …

Background Problems arising from medicines usage are recognised as a key patient safety
issue. Children are a particular concern, given that they are more likely than adults to …

What is known Prescribing errors are the most common type of error in the medication use
process. However, there is a paucity of literature regarding the prevalence or incidence of …

Abstract Background The Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health
Personnel focuses particularly on migration of doctors from low-and middle-income …

Objective We aimed to assess associations of physician's work overload, successive work
shifts, and work experience with physicians' risk to err. Materials and Methods This large …