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Medication errors have been identified to be a common type of medical errors [ 1].
Medication errors have received significant attention, with studies pinpointing problems in the physician ordering, pharmacy dispensing, and nurse administering processes.
Medication errors have been reported to be a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients.
Harm due to poor adherence, and harm due to medication errors have also been identified as contributing to hospital admissions both in the UK and internationally [ 4, 10].
This might lead to noncompliance and hereby relapse of illnesses and complications, as potential medication errors have been shown to increase the number of unplanned readmissions.
Historically, quality improvement interventions for preventing medication errors have included labour intensive manual medication reviews, inspection of prescription requests and authorised prescriptions, stock checks, inspection of dispensed items and audit of medication administration charts [ 30].
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The number of people treated in hospitals in the United States for problems related to medication errors has surged more than 50 percent in recent years.
Concern over the high rate of medication errors has prompted increased interest in using technology to improve safety [51].
Concern over the high rate of medication errors has prompted increased interest in using technology to improve safety [ 51].
A quality improvement project to reduce the number of medication errors had been implemented in September 2009 (3 months before the survey).
In our study, if medication errors had not been intercepted prior to administration, 13.4% would have caused temporary damage and 2.6% permanent injury, while 2.6% would have compromised the vital prognosis of the patient.
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