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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Detection and Prevention of Medication Errors by the Network of Sentinel Pharmacies in a Southern European Region.

Anna M Jambrina, Àlex Santomà, Andrea Rocher, Neus Rams, Glòria Cereza, Pilar Rius, Montserrat Gironès, Clara Pareja, Àngels Franch, Manel Rabanal

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Anna M JambrinaDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8030-4386
Àlex SantomàDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Andrea RocherDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Neus RamsDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Glòria CerezaDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Pilar RiusCouncil of the Pharmacist's Association of Catalonia, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.
Montserrat GironèsCouncil of the Pharmacist's Association of Catalonia, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.
Clara ParejaDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Àngels FranchPhysiology Section, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-1374
Manel RabanalDirectorate-General for Healthcare Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9458-1322

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A medication error (ME) is a drug-related problem that has been recognized as a common and serious threat to patient safety. The aim of this study was to detect and analyze ME reports occurring throughout the therapeutic process through the community's pharmacies in order to improve the efficacy and safety of medications and contribute to the prevention of future MEs. This was a three-year descriptive, observational, and prospective study to detect and analyze the different MEs reported by the Catalan sentinel pharmacies network (Catalan SePhaNet). In total, 1394 notifications of MEs were reported (an incidence rate of 737.34 cases/100,000 inhabitants). MEs were detected more frequently in primary care centers. Most of the MEs reported were caused by an incorrect, incomplete, illegible, or verbal medical prescription (41.3%). Of the global notifications detected, 71.9% did not reach the patient (categories A and B). The drugs most frequently implicated in the reported ME cases were beta-lactam antibiotics. In 6.0% of the cases, the ME caused injury to the patient (categories E and F). In 72.0% of the global notifications, a pharmacist's intervention avoided the ME. The importance of a community pharmacy and the role of a pharmacist were demonstrated in aspects related to patient and drug safety.

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adverse drug reaction (ADR)community pharmaciesdrug-related problemshealth services administrationmedication errormedication safetypharmacoepidemiology

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PMID36614995
PMCPMC9821611

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