Exploring the relationship between safety culture and reported dispensing errors in a large sample of Swedish community pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential for unsafe acts to result in harm to patients is constant risks to be managed in any health care delivery system including pharmacies. The number of reported errors is influenced by a various elements including safety culture. The aim of this study is to investigate a possible relationship between reported dispensing errors and safety culture, taking into account demographic and pharmacy variables, in Swedish community pharmacies.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed, encompassing 546 (62.8%) of the 870 Swedish community pharmacies. All staff in the pharmacies on December 1st, 2007 were included in the study. To assess safety culture domains in the pharmacies, the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) was used. Numbers of dispensed prescripti

SUBMITTER: Norden-Hagg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3506269 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature