Detection of Medication Errors in Primary Care Units through Passive Voluntary Reporting Forms

• Main Authors: Rowan W. El-Ghareeb (Author), Nagwa Ali Sabri (Author), Manal El Hamamsy (Author), Amr A. Saad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ain Shams University, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The lack of a universally accepted terminology of what constitutes a Medication Error (ME), makes it difficult to report, detect, categorize and prevent MEs. Methodologically, there isn't a complete picture of the incidence and prevalence of MEs. The broad range of ME rates in literature reflec...