Analysis and interventions of dispensing errors in inpatient pharmacy
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-0111.2012.02.018
- Received Date: 2011-12-28
- Rev Recd Date: 2012-02-21
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Key words:
- drug dispensing /
- error rate /
- inpatient pharmacy /
- pharmacy services
Abstract: Objective To explore practical measures to reduce the pharmacies dispensing errors, and improve the quality of drug deployment work. Methods The dispensing errors recorded in the Drug deployment errors registration from January 2009 to December 2011, were collected and analyzed. Results The total quantity of deployment errors was 101 in three years, which had 28 cases of number error, 20 cases of species errors, 12 cases of packaging similar errors, 11 cases of dose/formulation errors, 11 cases of manufacturer errors, 6 cases of wrong priced, 5 cases of drug repercussion, 4 cases,of prescription errors 2 cases of dispensing medicine to wrong department, 2 cases of taking medicine from nearly wrong place. Conclusions A drug deployment standardized system was gradually established, which includes a standard operating procedures of all aspects of the dispensing work. Supplemented by the pharmacist's regular professional training, and exchange of learning and quarterly performance appraisal incentive mechanism, the hospital pharmacy pharmacist prescription auditing capabilities was greatly improved, the occurrence of prescription dispensing errors was effective prevented.
Citation: | CAO Jin-hua, ZHOU Yan-ni, WANG Hui, HUANG Yu-feng. Analysis and interventions of dispensing errors in inpatient pharmacy[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service, 2012, 30(2): 146-148. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-0111.2012.02.018 |