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HealthSNPSparcleSRAStructureTaxonomyToolKitToolKitAllToolKitBookToolKitBookghUniGeneSearch termSearch Advanced Journal list Help Journal ListBr J medication errors statistics 2015 Clin Pharmacolv.67(6); 2009 JunPMC2723200 Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Jun; 67(6): 624–628. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03425.xPMCID: preventing medication errors PMC2723200Medication errors: prescribing faults and prescription errorsGiampaolo P Velo and Pietro Minuz1Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University Hospital, Verona, Italy1Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Verona, ItalyCorrespondence https://www.americannursetoday.com/medication-errors-dont-let-them-happen-to-you/ Professor Giampaolo P. Velo, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Policlinico ‘G.B. Rossi’, P. le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. Tel: +39 045 8027451 - +39 045 8124904 Fax: +39 045 8027452 - +39 045 8124876 E-mail: ti.rvinu.mfs@olevpgAuthor information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►Accepted https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723200/ 2009 Mar 18.Copyright Journal compilation © 2009 The British Pharmacological SocietyThis article has been cited by other articles in PMC.AbstractMedication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writing (prescription errors) and prescribing faults due to erroneous medical decisions can result in harm to patients.Any step in the prescribing process can generate errors. Slips, lapses, or mistakes are sources of errors, as in unintended omissions in the transcription of drugs. Faults in dose selection, omitted transcription, and poor handwriting are common.Inadequate knowledge or competence and incomplete information about clinical characteristics and previous treatment of individual patients can result in prescribing faults, including the use of potentially inappropriate medications.An unsafe working environment, complex or undefined procedures, and inadequate communication among health-care personnel, particularly between doctors and nurses, have been identified as
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