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Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate community pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty of adverse effects and contraindications of pharmaceutical products to estimate the risk of error. Factors influencing their knowledge and certainty were also investigated. METHODS: The knowledge of community pha...

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Autores principales: Shawahna, Ramzi, Al-Rjoub, Mohammed, Al-Horoub, Mohammed M, Al-Hroub, Wasif, Al-Rjoub, Bisan, Al-Nabi, Bashaaer Abd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.1
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author Shawahna, Ramzi
Al-Rjoub, Mohammed
Al-Horoub, Mohammed M
Al-Hroub, Wasif
Al-Rjoub, Bisan
Al-Nabi, Bashaaer Abd
author_facet Shawahna, Ramzi
Al-Rjoub, Mohammed
Al-Horoub, Mohammed M
Al-Hroub, Wasif
Al-Rjoub, Bisan
Al-Nabi, Bashaaer Abd
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description PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate community pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty of adverse effects and contraindications of pharmaceutical products to estimate the risk of error. Factors influencing their knowledge and certainty were also investigated. METHODS: The knowledge of community pharmacists was assessed in a cross-sectional design using a multiple-choice questions test on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients from May 2014 to March 2015. Self-rated certainty scores were also recorded for each question. Knowledge and certainty scores were combined to estimate the risk of error. RESULTS: Out of 315 subjects, 129 community pharmacists (41.0%) completed the 30 multiple-choice questions test on active ingredients and excipients. Knowledge on active ingredients was associated with the year of graduation and obtaining a licence to practice pharmacy. Knowledge on excipients was associated with the degree obtained. There was higher risk of error in items on excipients than those on ingredients (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The knowledge of community pharmacists in Palestine was insufficient with high risk of errors. Knowledge of community pharmacists on the safety issues of active ingredients and excipients need to be improved.
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spelling pubmed-47512892016-03-01 Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients Shawahna, Ramzi Al-Rjoub, Mohammed Al-Horoub, Mohammed M Al-Hroub, Wasif Al-Rjoub, Bisan Al-Nabi, Bashaaer Abd J Educ Eval Health Prof Research Article PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate community pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty of adverse effects and contraindications of pharmaceutical products to estimate the risk of error. Factors influencing their knowledge and certainty were also investigated. METHODS: The knowledge of community pharmacists was assessed in a cross-sectional design using a multiple-choice questions test on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients from May 2014 to March 2015. Self-rated certainty scores were also recorded for each question. Knowledge and certainty scores were combined to estimate the risk of error. RESULTS: Out of 315 subjects, 129 community pharmacists (41.0%) completed the 30 multiple-choice questions test on active ingredients and excipients. Knowledge on active ingredients was associated with the year of graduation and obtaining a licence to practice pharmacy. Knowledge on excipients was associated with the degree obtained. There was higher risk of error in items on excipients than those on ingredients (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The knowledge of community pharmacists in Palestine was insufficient with high risk of errors. Knowledge of community pharmacists on the safety issues of active ingredients and excipients need to be improved. National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea 2016-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4751289/ /pubmed/26743774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.1 Text en ©2016, National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shawahna, Ramzi
Al-Rjoub, Mohammed
Al-Horoub, Mohammed M
Al-Hroub, Wasif
Al-Rjoub, Bisan
Al-Nabi, Bashaaer Abd
Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title_full Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title_fullStr Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title_full_unstemmed Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title_short Risk of error estimated from Palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
title_sort risk of error estimated from palestine pharmacists’ knowledge and certainty on the adverse effects and contraindications of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.1
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