Impact of Illegible Prescriptions on Dispensing Practice: A Pilot Study of South African Pharmacy Personnel.

ABSTRACT: Illegible prescriptions are an illegal, frequent, and longstanding problem for pharmacy personnel engaged in dispensing. These contribute to patient safety issues and negatively impact safe dispensing in pharmaceutical delivery. To date, little is documented on measures taken to assess the negative impact posed by illegible prescriptions on South African pharmacy dispensing personnel. Therefore, this pilot study was performed to evaluate the ability of pharmacy personnel to read and interpret illegible prescriptions correctly; and to report on their perceived challenges, views and concerns when presented with an illegible prescription to dispense. A cross-sectional, three-tiered self-administered survey was conducted among pharmacy personnel. A total of 885 measurements were recorded. The

SUBMITTER: Modi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9609295 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature