Prescribing errors in a Brazilian teaching hospital: Causes and underlying factors from the perspective of junior doctors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In university hospital settings most prescriptions are written by junior doctors, who are more likely to make prescribing errors than experienced doctors. Prescribing errors can cause serious harm to patients and drug harm differs among low, middle and high-income countries. In Brazil, few studies have investigated the causes of these errors. Our aim was to explore medication prescribing errors in a teaching hospital, their causes, and underlying factors from the perspective of junior doctors.

Method

Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study that used a semi-structured individual interview with questions related to the planning and execution of prescriptions. It was conducted with 34 junior doctors who graduated from twelve different universities located in

SUBMITTER: Bonella GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075416 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature