Identifying factors concerning patient safety and efficiency in outpatient pharmacy

• Main Author: Quek, Wu Suan.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54124
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mishandling of drugs at pharmacies is one of the biggest threats to patient safety. In this area, Human Factors Engineering has been proposed as the key to improving patient safety. The value of this approach was investigated in the context of a local government hospital in Singapore, where in parti...