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Description of medication errors detected at a drug information centre in Southern Brazil.
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- Clinical-Pharmacological Drug Information Center of Hannover Medical School: Update From a Tertiary Care University Hospital (2022-2024).Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2026Article
- Clinical-pharmacological drug information center of Hannover Medical School: experiences and analysis from a tertiary care university hospital.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Detection of medication administration errors at a tertiary hospital using a direct observation approach.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- The role of drug information centers to improve medication safety in Saudi Arabia - a study from healthcare professionals' perspective.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022Article
- Assessment of the Use and Status of New Drug Information Centers in a Developing Country, Ethiopia: The Case of Public University Hospital Drug Information Centers.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- Dispensing errors in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates: investigating incidence, types, severity, and causes.Pharmacy practiceArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify and describe actual or potential medication errors related to drug information inquiries made by staff members of a teaching hospital to a Drug Information Centre from January 2012 to December 2013.
methodsData were collected from the records of inquiries made by health care professionals to the Drug Information Centre throughout this period.
resultsDuring the study period, the Drug Information Centre received 3,500 inquiries. Of these, 114 inquiries had medication errors. Most errors were related to prescribing, preparation, and administration and were classified according to severity as category B (57%) (potential errors) and categories C (26.3%) and D (15.8%) (actual errors that did not result in harm to the patient). Error causes included overdose (13.2%), wrong route of administration (11.4%), inadequate drug storage (11.4%), and wrong dosage form (8.8%). The drugs most frequently involved in errors were vitamin K (4.4%), vancomycin (3.5%), and meropenem (3.5%).
conclusionIn this study, it was not possible to measure the reduction in error rate involving medication use because of the lack of previous data on this process in the institution. However, our findings indicate that the Drug Information Centre may be used as a strategy to seek improvements in processes involving medication use.
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