Medication errors in community pharmacies: Evaluation of a standardized safety program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mandated reporting of medication-related errors in community pharmacies including incidents resulting in inappropriate medication use and near misses intercepted before reaching the patient can be utilized as learning opportunities to aid in the prevention of future events.

Objectives

To examine reporting uptake, trends, and initial learnings from medication errors reported by community pharmacists to the Assurance and Improvement in Medication Safety (AIMS) Program based in Ontario, Canada between April 1st, 2018, and June 30th, 2021.

Methods

A descriptive analysis was conducted of all events reported to the AIMS Program during the study period. The web-based reporting form includes a series of mandatory and optional fields completed by the reporter. I

SUBMITTER: Ledlie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9827048 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature