Risk mapping in community pharmacies

Community pharmacists worldwide operate with the continual risk of errors (Quality Related Events—QREs) occurring in their dispensing processes. Contemporary analysis community pharmacy QREs tends to concentrate on outcomes error, such as degree patient harm, rather than risks associated triggering a QRE. Drawing identification and mapping techniques from information security sector, we conducted exercise Canadian pharmacies identified publicly available accident investigations. The findings present study relationships patterns between various factors, types errors, outcomes. For example, factors most that result fatality were “sound-alike/look-alike” medication labeling checking verification processes pharmacy. Study support application QRE mitigation practices regulations.