The medication use process in the United Kingdom (UK) comprises of four basic steps- prescribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring.
A systematic review of literature relating to MEs in prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration and documentation in adults and children in Middle Eastern countries was conducted in October 2011.
In this article, we introduced a 5-year continuous intervention program focusing on safe MMU of "high-alert" antidiabetic drugs, and summarized related risk-management measures and quality improvement activities in medication storage, prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring that were implemented at SAHZU during the journey to JCI accreditation and post-JCI accreditation.
For example, medication errors can occur at any stage of the medication process (prescription, delivery, dispensing, administration, and monitoring), Medication error rates varied in the studies according to the definitions used, the medication process being evaluated, and the method of reporting.
Medicines are the most commonly used clinical intervention in healthcare, and errors involving the prescribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring steps of medication use are common [ 2– 4].
7 Cohen discussed pharmacists' role in ensuring safe and effective hospital use of insulin in the inpatient setting by minimizing the likelihood of medication errors related to prescribing, transcription, dispensing, administration, storage, and communication.
4 Medication errors are generally classified by the stage at which they occur: prescribing, dispensing or administration.
Medication errors can occur at any of the three steps of the medication use process: prescribing, dispensing and administration.
Franklin et al. [ 1] define medication errors as "any error in prescribing, dispensing or administration of medication".
Medication error (ME) is broadly defined as any error in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of a drug.
Medication errors are the most common preventable cause for these undesired events and comprise the prescribing, dispensing, and administration of the medicine [ 6].
