Electronically assisted prescription will minimise drug transcription errors

Impact of the implementation of vasoactive drug protocols on safety and efficacy in the treatment of critically ill patients

“…This decrease may have been due to improvements in safety practices and to a safer working environment following the intervention. Other studies have shown that the most frequent categories are also B 19 and C. 20,21 A high percentage of the MEs analysed in both phases of the study had a moderate level of potential risk for future patients. No high-risk MEs were detected, and no deaths were associated with the detected errors.…”

“…This decrease may have been due to improvements in safety practices and to a safer working environment following the intervention. Other studies have shown that the most frequent categories are also B and C …”

“…The classification of MEs proposed by Otero‐López et al . was used in this study to facilitate the comparison of our results with those of other authors . Nevertheless, comparisons of our results with those of other studies are hindered by the difficulties described above.…”

An intervention to improve inpatient medication management: a before and after study

“…), visual reminders and checklists have been used to raise nurses' awareness of medication (Jones ). Electronically assisted prescription writing has reduced drug transcription errors (García‐Ramos & Utrilla ).…”

Reacciones adversas a medicamos en una población colombiana 2007-2013

“…The debate of active (search) and passive (spontaneous report) monitoring is open, contemplating costs and countries capacity in accordance with their own developmental level, with multiple considerations about experiences in different nations and the analysis of several classification and reporting systems (11)(12)(13).…”