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Abstract

Aim


The aim of the study is to assess the medication errors in a secondary care hospital. A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient. Further, the study was aimed to categorize medication error in hospitalized patients in general ward and in pharmacy.


Method


A prospective observational study was carried out for period of 6 months from September 2018- February 2019 in secondary care hospital for inpatient and pharmacy department. Major and minor findings are recorded for the demographic details, drug details and criteria for identifying errors and rationality of prescription.


Results


The study was conducted in 350 patients, among them 248 errors was identified and non-error identified was 102. Out of 350 cases 34% are major errors and 66% are minor errors. The majority of errors were found in nursing (47%) followed by prescription errors (46%).


Conclusion


The prospective study was carried out in inpatients and pharmacy of secondary care hospital. The primary objective of the study was to find out incidence and types of medication errors. Our result comply with the ASHP guidelines for addressing numerous areas in the medication use process where errors may occur. In our study we found majority of errors occur in nursing followed by prescription. All healthcare professionals have a responsibility in identifying contributing factors to medication errors and to use that information to further reduce their occurrence. The clinical pharmacist has major role in identifying, assessing and preventing the medication errors.

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Dr.Sneha P, HajeraNooreen, Rafiya Fatima, RuhinaTabassum, & Gulafsha Fatima. (2021). Role of clinical pharmacist in reporting medication errors. International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics, 8(2), 228-236. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijrpp.v8.iss2.2019.228-236

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