Prescribing errors are a recognised problem on admission to acute medical wards which
may be detrimental to patient care. The authors had anecdotal evidence that prescribed …

Aim To compare the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in newly written
medication orders and how quickly they were rectified, in three NHS organisations. Methods …

Background Prescribing error may result in adverse clinical outcomes leading to increased
patient morbidity, mortality and increased economic burden. Many errors occur during …

Aim To evaluate the impact of an emergency department (ED) pharmacist on prescribing
errors 24 hours post‐admission. Method A prospective controlled sequential study was …

Many different methods have been used to study the incidence of prescribing errors in
hospital inpatients. The objectives of this review were to outline the methods used, highlight …

The aim of this study is to quantify prescribing errors relating to pre‐admission medication in
patients admitted to hospital. It also assesses the impact of a hospital pharmacist in …

This study aimed to quantify and compare the prevalence of simple prescribing errors made
by clinicians in the first 24 hours of a general medical patient's hospital admission. Four …

Failure to provide prescribed medicines to inpatients has the potential to cause significant
patient harm, to delay the resolution of the pathology and to increase the length of hospital …

Background Medication errors are an important cause of morbidity and mortality and
adversely affect clinical outcomes. Prescribing errors constitute one type of medication error …

We note with interest the systematic review of the prevalence and incidence of prescribing
errors in hospital inpatients recently published in Drug Safety.[1] The authors are to be …