Interventions of medication errors after the implementation of unit-dose automa-ted dispensing machines in inpatient pharmacy / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To Improve inpatient safety of oral drugs , and reduce risk of medication errors .Methods 1 696 oral-order errors caused by prescription and transcription from July to December 2012 were investigated by Excell.Results 979 cases (57.7%) reduced the efficiency of unit-dose automated dispensing machines and 717 cases (42.3%) affected to inpatients’ medica-tion safety.Conclusion It is very important that pharmacists should check drugs packaged unit -dose with prescription paper .It is also an effect means to prevent medication errors that continuing training pharmacists′skill, intensifying communication with clinics and strengthening information technology systems .