Quality-related events reported by community pharmacies in Nova Scotia over a 7-year period: a descriptive analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Quality-related events are defined as medication errors that reach the patient (e.g., incorrect drug, dose and quantity), in addition to medication errors that are intercepted before dispensing (i.e., near misses). The aim of this study is to quantify and characterize such events as reported by community pharmacies in a Canadian province. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted on quality-related events reported to the Community Pharmacy Incident Reporting system from 301 community pharmacies in Nova Scotia between Oct. 1, 2010, and June 30, 2017. We performed a descriptive analysis on these events with respect to the discoverer, patient outcome, medication system stages and type. RESULTS:We identified 131 031 events reported by community pharmacies in Nova Scotia over th

SUBMITTER: Boucher A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298868 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature