Evaluation of prescribing medication errors in a pediatric outpatient pharmacy
| Autor: | Khalid Alsulaiman, Maha Alammari, Maha Almolaiki, Shmeylan Alharbi, Ibrahim Alsulaihim, Majed Aljeraisy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Population Clinical pharmacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medication.prescribing Family medicine Pharmacodynamics Emergency medicine Medicine Outpatient clinic 030212 general & internal medicine Dosing Medical prescription business education 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Outpatient pharmacy |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health. :1 |
| ISSN: | 2320-4664 |
| DOI: | 10.5455/ijmsph.2017.0718621092017 |
| Popis: | Background: The use of medication is a complex process and the health-care providers discovered more problems facing this process at different many stages including prescriber, pharmacists, and finally patients. It is expected that the rate of errors in prescriptions will be higher for pediatrics compared with other population due to multiple factors (e.g., medications dosing, pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics). Objective: To evaluate the pattern of medication prescribing errors in the pediatric outpatient clinics and assess the type of prescribing errors. In addition, to evaluate the most prevalent type of medication category that is associated with prescribing errors. Materials and Methods: In our study, all outpatient prescriptions that were processed and dispensed for pediatric patients ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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