Medication Error Analysis A Systematic Approach
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MalPractice Copyright Information Information for Authors Information for Editors Information for Reviewers Citations Contact Us A Systematic Review on Medication Errors Karthikeyan M*, Balasubramanian T, Mohammed Ibrahim Khaleel, Muhammed Sahl and Rashifa P Department of Pharmacology, Al Shifa http://www.ijddr.in/drug-development/a-systematic-review-on-medication-errors.php?aid=7947 College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India Corresponding Author: Karthikeyan M, Department of Pharmacology, Al http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/08/ejhpharm-2016-000915 Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India, Tel: 9656111669; E-mail: karthikeyanpgt@gmail.com Received: 25 August 2015Accepted: 30 September 2015 Published: 04 October 2015 Related article at Pubmed, Scholar Google Visit for more related articles at International Journal of Drug Development and Research Abstract Medication Errors (MEs) are a common cause for iatrogenic adverse events. medication error A systematic review of MEs in prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration and documentation in adults and children was done. We included all types of studies that reported the incidence of medication errors or identified the causes of MEs, either in adults or children. All healthcare professionals have a responsibility in identifying contributing factors to medication errors and to use that information to further reduce their occurrence. Developing countries urgently medication error analysis need to introduce professional programmes to improve prescribing skills and knowledge of prescribers, and to encourage nurses to improve their quality of drug administration. Keywords Medication errors; Systematic review; Prescribing errors; Nursing errors; Pharmacist errors Introduction Drug use is a complex process and there are many drug related challenges at various levels, involving doctors, pharmacists, nurses and patients. Medication misadventure can occur anywhere in the health care system and many errors are preventable and pharmacists have an active role in the appropriate use of drugs [1]. Medication errors are a common cause for iatrogenic adverse events. They can lead to severe morbidity, prolonged hospitals stay, unnecessary diagnostic tests, unnecessary treatments and death [1,2]. A medication error is an episode associated with the use of medication that should be preventable through effective control systems [1,2]. Adverse events and medical errors are an inevitable reality of health care. They are the serious problems in pediatrics as well as in adult medicine [3,4]. In 1999, IOM report on quality of health care, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System called for a more systematic approach to medical errors and out lined the importance of identifying and learning from errors through mandatory and voluntary reporting
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