Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital
Introduction: Dispensing errors challenge the patient safety and may induce unwanted and noxious events. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital. Materials and methods: This was a prospective obse...
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| description | Introduction: Dispensing errors challenge the patient safety and may induce unwanted and noxious events. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital. Materials and methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted for a period of 15 months in the patient counseling area of a 1000 bed hospital. A suitable data collection tool was developed and was approved by the research advisory committee. The required data were obtained randomly from 1852 patients visiting the hospital's pharmacy. The collected data were analyzed for incidence and types of dispensing errors using SPSS (version 20.0). Results: A total of 5353 drugs were dispensed on 1852 prescriptions. The average number of drugs per prescription was found to be three (2.89). The maximum number of drugs prescribed in a prescription was twelve and the minimum was one. Pantoprazole was the most frequently prescribed drug (n = 633, 34.18%). A total of 26 dispensing errors were identified in 21 prescriptions, accounting for a rate of 1.40%. Out of the total errors identified, wrong dose was found to be the most common type of dispensing error accounting for (n = 8, 30.76%), followed by incorrect labeling and wrong quantity (n = 4, 15.38% each). Conclusion: The incidence of dispensing errors was 1.4% and most of the errors were related to the dose/strength of the dispensed drugs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-510bba2b032949689c990cac7bcf5a5a2022-12-22T04:42:08ZengElsevierClinical Epidemiology and Global Health2213-39842022-11-0118101172Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospitalSharad Chand0Shivakumar Hiremath1C.S. Shastry2Juno J. Joel3C.H. Krishna Bhat4Manoj S. Dikkatwar5Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, India; Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India; Corresponding author. Department of Pharmacy Practice, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, India.Nitte (Deemed to be University), Justice K.S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, IndiaNitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, India; Corresponding author. Department of Pharmacy Practice, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, India.Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, IndiaNitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, India; Nitte (Deemed to be University), Justice K.S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, IndiaAmity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, IndiaIntroduction: Dispensing errors challenge the patient safety and may induce unwanted and noxious events. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital. Materials and methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted for a period of 15 months in the patient counseling area of a 1000 bed hospital. A suitable data collection tool was developed and was approved by the research advisory committee. The required data were obtained randomly from 1852 patients visiting the hospital's pharmacy. The collected data were analyzed for incidence and types of dispensing errors using SPSS (version 20.0). Results: A total of 5353 drugs were dispensed on 1852 prescriptions. The average number of drugs per prescription was found to be three (2.89). The maximum number of drugs prescribed in a prescription was twelve and the minimum was one. Pantoprazole was the most frequently prescribed drug (n = 633, 34.18%). A total of 26 dispensing errors were identified in 21 prescriptions, accounting for a rate of 1.40%. Out of the total errors identified, wrong dose was found to be the most common type of dispensing error accounting for (n = 8, 30.76%), followed by incorrect labeling and wrong quantity (n = 4, 15.38% each). Conclusion: The incidence of dispensing errors was 1.4% and most of the errors were related to the dose/strength of the dispensed drugs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398422002159Drug safetyHospital errorsMedication errorsQuality controlPatient safety |
| spellingShingle | Sharad Chand Shivakumar Hiremath C.S. Shastry Juno J. Joel C.H. Krishna Bhat Manoj S. Dikkatwar Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Drug safety Hospital errors Medication errors Quality control Patient safety |
| title | Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| title_full | Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| title_fullStr | Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| title_short | Incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| title_sort | incidence and types of dispensing errors in the pharmacy of a tertiary care charitable hospital |
| topic | Drug safety Hospital errors Medication errors Quality control Patient safety |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398422002159 |
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