Re-evaluation and analysis on medication error factors in inpatient prescriptions review by clinical pharmacist
ZHU Man
WANG Dong-xiao
GUO Dai-hong
PEI Fei
WANG Wei-lan
TANG Zhi-hui
REN Zhao
Abstract：Objective: To understand the occurrence of medication errors in inpatient prescriptions review by clinical pharmacist and its impact on the patients. Methods:Based on retrospective analysis, we identiifed and re-evaluated medication errors from 226 cases of the perspective inpatient prescriptions review by clinical pharmacist in our hospital from September 2012 to August 2013. Results:About 141 cases of medication errors (62.39%) mixed in 226 cases of inpatient prescription review. Anti-infection agents took the leading position. The classiifcations of 141 cases of medication errors mainly belonged to Class C. The top three medication errors were inappropriate usage and dosage (39.01%), unsuited drug selection (21.27%) and potential drug interaction (15.60%). After the communication with physicians, 67.38% of medication errors had been adjusted. Conclusion:It is necessary for clinical pharmacist to strengthen the identification factors of medication error during the review of inpatient prescriptions in order to reduce the occurrence of medication errors.
Keywords：Clinical pharmacistPrescriptions reviewMedication errorAnalysis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 105-107 )