Medication prescribing checklists and their impact on patient safety: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication prescribing checklists and the impact on patient safety remain unexplored.

Objectives

This scoping review aimed to identify key elements of these checklists and evaluate their impact on patient safety outcomes.

Methods

We searched PubMed and Embase for studies reporting checklists in medication prescribing practices and the impact on patient safety outcomes as of October 23, 2024. We applied Fisher's exact test to evaluate the association between checklist effectiveness (based on patient safety outcomes) with study design (randomized controlled trials [RCTs] vs non-RCTs) and intervention type (bundled intervention vs checklist-only intervention).

Results

After full-text review, 53 articles met inclusion criteria for data extraction and ana

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12914570 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature