A feasibility study for recording of dispensing errors and near misses' in four UK primary care pharmacies

• Main Authors: Chua, S.S., Wong, I.C., Edmondson, H., Allen, C., Chow, J., Peacham, J., Hill, G., Grantham, J.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9175/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Medication errors can occur at the prescribing, transcription, dispensing and administration stage of drug therapy. However, publication of the Organisation with a Memory (OWAM) by the Department of Health in the UK has raised awareness of the need for pharmacies to collect information about dispens...