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

• Main Authors: Tasneem Modi (Author), Ntandoyenkosi Khumalo (Author), Rubina Shaikh (Author), Zelna Booth (Author), Stephanie Leigh-de Rapper (Author), Gillian Dumsile Mahumane (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...