Nature of dispensing errors in selected hospitals providing free healthcare: a multi-center study in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dispensing errors, known to result in significant patient harm, are preventable if their nature is known and recognized. However, there is a scarcity of such data on dispensing errors particularly in resource poor settings, where healthcare is provided free-of-charge. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the types, and prevalence of dispensing errors in a selected group of hospitals in Sri Lanka.

Methods

A prospective, cross sectional, multi-center study on dispensing errors was conducted, in a single tertiary care, and two secondary care hospitals, in a cohort of 420 patients attending medical, surgical, diabetic and pediatric clinics. The patients were selected according to the population size, through consecutive sampling. The prescription audi

SUBMITTER: Dilsha RAN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature