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How to Use Quality Tools to Eliminate Medication Errors?

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Quality healthcare services.

Abstract

Background: Medication errors are errors that doctors, caregivers, pharmacists, and patients make when prescribing, using, or storing drugs. Medication errors may lead to disease in children, disease exacerbation. In the United States, medication errors cost healthcare about $ 177 billion (statistically speaking) annually. (1)
The published studies estimated that about 5-10% of hospital admissions were due to the medication errors. It is suspected that approximately 3% of deaths in the Swedish population are because of the medication errors. In Canada, up to 50% of the patient safety indicates in primary care are related to medication errors. (2)
Aim of the study: Attempting to prevent medication errors inside health care facilities to raise health care efficiency and maintain patient safety
Methodology : Using of quality tools like brain storming, process mapping, and fish bone diagram, and the check list helped us to identify the most common causes of medication errors and finding probable solutions. (3)
Conclusion: A standard protocol for the medication management must be performed to reduce medication error

DOI

10.21608/muj.2021.64029.1044

Keywords

medication, Errors, Patient, Quality tools, Pharmacy

Authors

First Name

Nesma

Last Name

Kouta

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

FACULTY OF PHARMACY SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY Pharmacist and Supplies Manager in Al Hommiat Hospital

Email

nice.nocy.2006@gmail.com

City

PORTSAID

Orcid

-

First Name

Samah

Last Name

Sherdi

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Dentist and Supplies Manger- Omer Ben Al-Khatab Health Care Unit.

Email

samahahmed958@gmail.com

City

PORTSAID

Orcid

-

First Name

Ayatollah

Last Name

El-sherbiny

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Nurse in Dialysis Unit - Al Soliman Hospital

Email

ayasherbeeny@gmail.com

City

PORTSAID

Orcid

-

First Name

Hebatallah

Last Name

Alaraby

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Nursing Supervisor –Almabarra School.

Email

ahmedshetawy10@gmail.com

City

PORTSAID

Orcid

-

First Name

Athar

Last Name

Wahid

MiddleName

Mohsen

Affiliation

Head of Department of Dialysis Unit – Alsoliman Hospital

Email

atharmohsen1986@gamil.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hagar

Last Name

Hatab

MiddleName

Abdo

Affiliation

Quality Manager – Al-Hommiat Hospital.

Email

hagerelzhery2014@gmail.com

City

portsaid

Orcid

-

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Pharmacist – Alsalam Hospital.

Email

marooosalem@gamil.com

City

portsaid

Orcid

-

First Name

Heba

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Port Said University

Email

profdrheba.youssef@gmail.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Dahroug

MiddleName

Hosny

Affiliation

pharamacist - Ganoub - El betroul unit

Email

eman_hosny83@yahoo.com

City

portsaid

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

21759

Issue Date

2021-04-01

Receive Date

2021-02-19

Publish Date

2021-04-01

Page Start

96

Page End

111

Online ISSN

2682-2741

Article File

MUJ_Volume 5_Issue 5_Pages 96-111.pdf

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https://muj.journals.ekb.eg/article_151649.html

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9

Type

Research project

Type Code

955

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Medicine Updates

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https://muj.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023