Timely detected medication error: Prescribing or dispensing?

Prescribing costs in dispensing practices.

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in prescribing between dispensing and non-dispensing practices. SETTING The 108 practices covered by Lincolnshire Family Health Services Authority. DESIGN Analysis of prescribing data for 1990-1 from PD2 reports from the Prescription Pricing Authority in relation to data on practice characteristics obtained from Lincolnshire Family Health Services Authority;...

Chapter 11. Automated Medication Dispensing Devices

In the 1980s, automated dispensing devices appeared on the scene, a generation after the advent of unit-dose dispensing (Chapter 11). The invention and production of these devices brought hopes of reduced rates of medication errors, increased efficiency for pharmacy and nursing staff, ready availability of medications where they are most often used (the nursing unit or inpatient ward), and impr...

Audit: Prescribing PRN medication.

BACKGROUND PRN prescriptions enablehealthcare staff to respond quickly to the urgent clinical needs of the user without having to contact the responsible clinician (RC). One problem, established amongst most institutions by NICE regarding the use of PRN, is that most of these institutions struggle to keep an updated or full record on the PRN medications. Thus, the aim of this audit was to check...

Prescribing a teratogenic medication.

Dermatologist Michael McIntyre enters the examining room and greets his patient, Reina Sharpe, and her parents. Reina is 14 years old and has been a patient of Dr. McIntyre’s for about a year. Anxious about beginning her freshman year of high school in a few weeks, Reina expresses frustration over her worsening acne. Dr. McIntyre recognizes that Reina’s condition has progressed from a moderate ...

Dispensing Standardised Medication in a Tertiary Hospital