An evaluation of prescribing errors in primary care in Bahrain

Khaja, Khalid A. J. Al; Al-Ansari, Thuraya M.; Sequeira, Reginald P.

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“…Type A errors in our study were 48.0%. These findings were similar in Bahrain (31.0%) [11] and Oman (22.11%) studies [12]. In other study, that analyzed mistakes in prescriptions in…”

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confidence: 73%

“…From our study the most commonly prescribed pharmacological groups of prescribed medications were NSAIDs (21.1%) and antibiotics (20.0%), which was similar to the Nadiya et.al study in Oman, where NSAIDs were prescribed in 35.11% and antibiotics in 18.22% of prescriptions [11]. According to the literature review the dose corresponded to type A errors.…”

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“…Researchers in the study from Saudi Arabia had not found similar results in prescriptions of antibiotics where lack of dose was observed in 18% cases [14]. Inaccuracies in dosing regime in Bahrain study [11] were the same in percentage value as in our study -14%, while in Oman study they were more frequent -18.4% [12].…”

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confidence: 34%

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Influence of errors in prescriptions on the security of medicine

2016

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Abstract. All types of medication errors including missed doses, incorrect dosage forms, time intervals, and routes are essential encumbrances for qualitative pharmaceutical care and security of medicine [1]. Problems related to prescription errors are common in the healthcare profession, and are responsible for significant increase in costs, cases of morbidity and mortality [2]. The aim of the study was to analyze the common errors in prescriptions which were received in pharmacies and their effect on the security of medicine. Retrospective study was conducted between December 2013 and January 2014 in the pharmacy of Riga, Latvia. Prescriptions were analyzed to identify errors in Inscriptio, Praescriptio and the Signatura part. Of 200 prescriptions, only 14 (7%) were filled correctly according to the legislative requirements in Latvia. The most common drug therapeutic class in the prescriptions was non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and other analgesics (21.1%). Unclear handwriting was observed in more than one third of all studied prescriptions (n=72; 36.0%). Mean age values of physicians were higher, but not significantly different, in the unclear compared to clear prescriptions, 59.5 ± 8.5 vs. 57.8 ± 10.6, respectively (p=0.253). Omission of the quantity of drug in the prescription part was the most frequent type of the error (n=112, 56.0%). High level of incorrect prescriptions was found during the period of study in the pharmacy. Overall, approximately 27% of prescriptions had significant failures, which could negatively affect therapeutic effect and safety of drug use.

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“…Type A errors in our study were 48.0%. These findings were similar in Bahrain (31.0%) [11] and Oman (22.11%) studies [12]. In other study, that analyzed mistakes in prescriptions in…”

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confidence: 73%

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confidence: 67%

Section: Int Conf Society Health Welfare 2014mentioning

confidence: 34%

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“…Over/ underutilization of medications were seen in 23% of patient encounters. This figure was quite higher than that of Bahraini and Mexican study findings 19,25 .…”

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Irrational use of medicines results in poor patient clinical outcomes, adverse drug reactions, economic burden and antimicrobial resistance. The objective of this study was to evaluate drug prescription patterns in private and public health sectors in Wolkite town, South West Ethiopia. The drug prescriptions were evaluated in 11 private and public health facilities, Wolkite town, South west Ethiopia. Total patient records of 600 were collected by systematic random sampling technique from patients attended the facilities from January 1 to December 31, 2011, retrospectively. One thousand two hundred twenty seven drugs were prescribed for 385 patient encounters making the average number of drugs per encounter 3.20 + 1.01 (private=3.33, public= 2.89). Three hundred and one (78.2%) patients in private and public health facilities were prescribed with at least one inappropriate drug. Inappropriate choice of drug 108 (28.0%), over prescription of drugs 89 (23.0%) and inappropriate duration of treatment 28 (7.2%) were the three most prevalent cause of inappropriate prescriptions in the health facilities. Much remains to be done to promote rational prescription of drugs in primary health care facilities.

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“…Medication errors cause more harm in children compared to adult counterparts [5][6] because most pediatric drug doses are calculated based on the age, body weight,body surface area and other clinical conditions. Majority of the drugs used in the children are an unlicensed and off-label and may lead to adverse drug events and sometimes death [7][8][9][10][11][12]. There are extremely limited number of clinical studies due to different groups in pediatric population which includes from neonates to adolescents and in addition pharmaceutical companies are less keen on conducting the specific clinical trials for pediatric patients as they are more challenging and when compared to adult drug market pediatric drug market is smaller [13].…”

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Assessment of Medication Errors in Pediatricinpatient Department of a Private Hospital

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Ramya²,

Kishore

2017

Int J Curr Pharm Sci

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Objective: To assess the overall rate and incidence of medication errors in pediatric inpatients and to determine the importance of pharmacist participation in medication errors. Methods:A prospective observational study has been conducted in a 'private children's hospital' for 6 mo at Warangal, Telangana. Patients who are ≤18 y were considered. Data were collected from patient records, direct communication with the patient and their caregivers.Results: Among 400 patients with 2,461 medication orders, 1381(56%) errors were found. Patients were more exposed to AME (33.7) caused by the nursing staff, followed by PME-21.5, CME-0.6, DME-0.2 in incidence with the 95% CI. Conclusion:Pediatric patients are more exposed to administration errors and prescribing errors. Pediatricians and Pharmacists should develop effective programs for safe administration of medications, report medication errors, eliminate barriers in reporting medication errors, encourage a non-punitive reporting culture and create an environment of medication safety for all hospitalized pediatric patients.

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An evaluation of prescribing errors in primary care in Bahrain

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