The Institute of Medicine report on medical error: Overview and implications for pharmacy

Effects of the implementation of a preventive interventions program on the reduction of medication errors in critically ill adult patients

“…Several international studies have assessed MEs prevalence in the ICU, and results vary widely [6][7][8][9], mainly due to differences in methodology, ME definitions, and reporting [8]. Recently, a multinational study reported a 33% of MEs prevalence over parenteral drug administration using voluntary reporting [7].…”

“…Availability of ME-related information enables the assessment of processes more prone for generating errors [9,10]. Only a few studies conducted in Latin American countries allow the identification of part of the processes and causes most responsible for errors.…”

Analysis and detection of dental prescribing errors at Primary Health Care Units in Brazil

“…In the last few years, medication errors have been reported to have caused significant patient harm in many different countries. In the USA, it is estimated that 1-2% of hospital admissions resulted from medication errors [2][3][4]. In Spain, medication errors are responsible for 4.7% of admissions to health services, with an average cost of EUR3,000 per patient [5].…”

Characteristics of drug-related problems discussed by hospital pharmacists in multidisciplinary teams

“…A multidisciplinary approach, including clinical pharmacists addressing DRPs, has been shown to reduce the frequency of DRPs [3][4][5][6][7]. By applying clinical pharmacy services economical savings, reduction of adverse drug events and enhanced quality of life have been reported [8][9][10].…”