Background Underlying systems factors have been seen to be crucial contributors to the
occurrence of medication errors. By understanding the causes of these errors, the most …

Background Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety.
Outpatient and ambulatory settings enhance access to healthcare which has been linked to …

APA wishes to acknowledge the contributions of former APA staff to these guidelines: Robert
Kunkle, MA, Robert Plovnick, MD, Sara Reid, MA, Seung-Hee Hong, and William E. Narrow …

Nota. El proceso originalmente propuesto en la “Guide for Good Prescribing” de la
Organización Mundial de la Salud [2], contempla seis pasos terapéuticos. Aquí se ha …

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 …

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 …

Purpose The aim was to critically appraise, synthesise and present the evidence of
medication errors amongst hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries, specifically …

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

Background Prescribing errors are a major source of morbidity and mortality and represent a
significant patient safety concern. Evidence suggests that trainee doctors are responsible for …

Background Medication errors and adverse drug events are universal problems contributing
to patient harm but the magnitude of these problems in Africa remains unclear. Objective …