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Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals
BACKGROUND: Medication errors have serious consequences for patients’ morbidity and mortality. The involvement of pharmacy professionals in the prescribing and dispensing procedure allowed the detection of a range of drug-related problems in addition to identification by prescribers. They are often...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9569042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36243738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00461-9 |
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author | Simegn, Wudneh Weldegerima, Berhanemeskel Seid, Mohammed Zewdie, Ayal Wondimsigegn, Dawit Abyu, Chilot Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn Seid, Abdulwase Mohammed Sisay, Gashaw Yeshaw, Yigizie |
author_facet | Simegn, Wudneh Weldegerima, Berhanemeskel Seid, Mohammed Zewdie, Ayal Wondimsigegn, Dawit Abyu, Chilot Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn Seid, Abdulwase Mohammed Sisay, Gashaw Yeshaw, Yigizie |
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description | BACKGROUND: Medication errors have serious consequences for patients’ morbidity and mortality. The involvement of pharmacy professionals in the prescribing and dispensing procedure allowed the detection of a range of drug-related problems in addition to identification by prescribers. They are often the first point of contact in the healthcare system in identifying prescribing errors and intervening in these errors by dealing with the prescribers and the patients. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia. METHODS: A self-administered cross-sectional survey was employed from February 29 to June 23, 2020, to collect data on prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals. All community pharmacy professionals found in Gondar town were included. Community pharmacy professionals who were ill at the time of study and who had less than 6 months of work experience were excluded. RESULTS: Seventy-four pharmacy professionals participated in the study with a response rate of 93.6%. The overall prevalence of prescribing errors was 75.1% (95% CI 71.08–78.70). Of these errors, drug selection was the most common (82.4%), followed by errors of commission (79.7%) and errors of omission (78.4%). Antibiotics (63.5%) were commonly involved in prescribing errors, followed by analgesics (44.5%) and antipsychotics (39.5%). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed a high prevalence of prescribing errors in Gondar, Ethiopia. Drug selection was the most prescribed error, followed by errors of commission. Stakeholders should design interventions such as training, integrating prescribers with clinical pharmacists and supervising interns by seniors. Large-scale studies that include potential factors of prescribing problems are recommended for future researchers. |
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spelling | pubmed-95690422022-10-16 Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals Simegn, Wudneh Weldegerima, Berhanemeskel Seid, Mohammed Zewdie, Ayal Wondimsigegn, Dawit Abyu, Chilot Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn Seid, Abdulwase Mohammed Sisay, Gashaw Yeshaw, Yigizie J Pharm Policy Pract Research BACKGROUND: Medication errors have serious consequences for patients’ morbidity and mortality. The involvement of pharmacy professionals in the prescribing and dispensing procedure allowed the detection of a range of drug-related problems in addition to identification by prescribers. They are often the first point of contact in the healthcare system in identifying prescribing errors and intervening in these errors by dealing with the prescribers and the patients. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia. METHODS: A self-administered cross-sectional survey was employed from February 29 to June 23, 2020, to collect data on prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals. All community pharmacy professionals found in Gondar town were included. Community pharmacy professionals who were ill at the time of study and who had less than 6 months of work experience were excluded. RESULTS: Seventy-four pharmacy professionals participated in the study with a response rate of 93.6%. The overall prevalence of prescribing errors was 75.1% (95% CI 71.08–78.70). Of these errors, drug selection was the most common (82.4%), followed by errors of commission (79.7%) and errors of omission (78.4%). Antibiotics (63.5%) were commonly involved in prescribing errors, followed by analgesics (44.5%) and antipsychotics (39.5%). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed a high prevalence of prescribing errors in Gondar, Ethiopia. Drug selection was the most prescribed error, followed by errors of commission. Stakeholders should design interventions such as training, integrating prescribers with clinical pharmacists and supervising interns by seniors. Large-scale studies that include potential factors of prescribing problems are recommended for future researchers. BioMed Central 2022-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9569042/ /pubmed/36243738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00461-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Simegn, Wudneh Weldegerima, Berhanemeskel Seid, Mohammed Zewdie, Ayal Wondimsigegn, Dawit Abyu, Chilot Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn Seid, Abdulwase Mohammed Sisay, Gashaw Yeshaw, Yigizie Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title | Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title_full | Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title_fullStr | Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title_short | Assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
title_sort | assessment of prescribing errors reported by community pharmacy professionals |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9569042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36243738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00461-9 |
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