Reducing medication errors in inpatient pharmacies of a tertiary care hospital through implementati on of simulated drug checking module.

• In: Posters on Monday, 2 September 2013, -
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Presentation
• By: ZAHEER, Farhat (The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan)
• Co-author(s): SHEIKH, Abdul Latif (, Karachi, Pakistan)
  AHSAN, Salwa (The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: The trend analysis of medication dispensing errors of last 2 years in tertiary care hospital revealed that significant number of dispensing errors occurred due to insufficient drug knowledge and competency required to perform the critical tasks of medication orders review and dispensing.
  Objectives: 1. T o assess competency level of the

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