THE ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN MINIMIZING MEDICATION ERRORS IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Background: Hospitalized pediatrics, especially neonates, are more prone to excessive medication errors. Implementation of pharmacy services shows a decline in errors hospitals and clinics. In this study, we aimed demonstrate the role pharmacists reducing hospitalized neonates Methods: The systematic review literature was undertaken through PubMed database from 2002 2022. search MESH terms were multiple combinations Medication error, Clinical pharmacist, services, Infant & newborn. Afterward, results filtered include preventing for inpatient neonatal population Results: total 15 articles eligible be included current review, comprising or whole pediatric population, including neonates. primary interventions prescription auditing, identification errors, changing preparation administration, reconciliation, educating healthcare workers, developing policies Conclusions: Our illustrated that integration with other teams could help minimize before reaching