Medication Errors: Reported Prescription Faults and Prescription Error

The present study aimed to evaluate the trends of prescription errors that did not caused any harm to the patients and the prescription errors that were identified before reaching to the patients in the year 2017 at a tertiary care hospital in Kingdom Saudi Arabia. Simple random sampling and sampling based on prescription errors that were identified, documented, and reported before reaching the patients in the first three quarters of 2017 were performed in present observational retrospective study. Descriptive analysis with D’Agostino & Pearson omnibus were applied for normality testing at 95% CI through one-sample t-test to compare the prescription errors that did not cause harm to the patients and were identified before reaching the patient in the first quarter (Q1), the second quarter (Q2), and the third quarter (Q3) of 2017. Total number of prescription errors that did not caused harm to the patients were 1,601 in Quarter 1 further decreased to 1,422 in Quarter 2 and then increased to 1,710 in Quarter 3 of 2017. Furthermore, the total number of prescription errors that did not cause harm to the patients were 1,601 in Quarter 1 further decreased to 1,422 in Quarter 2 and then increased to 1,710 in Quarter 3 of 2017. The current study revealed that prescription errors were common in the tertiary Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia. Therefore, educating the prescribers to reduce prescription errors through seminars, conferences, and workshops is essential. Also, a joint training exercise for the pharmacist and doctors would minimize the prescribing errors.

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A Study of Prescribing Errors in a Private Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Young Pharmacists ◽

10.5530/jyp.2020.12.89 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 343-347

Author(s):

Abedulla Khan Kayamkani ◽

Turki Khalid Abdullkader Bayazeed ◽

Mohammed Salah M Aljuhani ◽

Sami Majed Sami Koshak ◽

Aejaz Abdullatif Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Prescribing Errors

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Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽

10.1016/j.vacun.2020.04.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 95-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y.M. AlGoraini ◽

N.N. AlDujayn ◽

M.A. AlRasheed ◽

Y.E. Bashawri ◽

S.S. Alsubaie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Characteristics of neonatal Sepsis at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health ◽

10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 666-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Abdulrahman Al-Matary ◽

Humariya Heena ◽

Ayah S. AlSarheed ◽

Wafa Ouda ◽

Dayel A. AlShahrani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Neonatal Sepsis ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital

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Influenza vaccine uptake, determinants, motivators, and barriers of the vaccine receipt among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Hospital Infection ◽

10.1016/j.jhin.2017.02.005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 96 (3) ◽

pp. 268-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

H.K. Haridi ◽

K.A. Salman ◽

E.A. Basaif ◽

D.K. Al-Skaibi

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Influenza Vaccine ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Vaccine Uptake ◽

Care Hospital

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Diagnostic importance of platelet parameters in patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to a tertiary care hospital in southwest region, Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association ◽

10.1016/j.jsha.2011.08.004 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 17-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Abdullah S. Assiri ◽

Abdul-moneim Jamil ◽

Ahmed A. Mahfouz ◽

Zizi S. Mahmoud ◽

Mohamed Ghallab

Keyword(s):

Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Coronary Syndrome ◽

Southwest Region ◽

Diagnostic Importance

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A 6-year surveillance of antimicrobial resistance patterns ofAcinetobacter baumanniibacteremia isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia during 2005–2010

Libyan Journal of Medicine ◽

10.3402/ljm.v9.24039 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 24039 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Krishnappa Lakshmana Gowda ◽

Mohammed A. M. Marie ◽

Yazeed A Al-Sheikh ◽

James John ◽

Sangeetha Gopalkrishnan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Antimicrobial Resistance ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Resistance Patterns

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PDG11 A Cost-Comparative Analysis of Outpatient Use of Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus Intravenous Iron Sucrose in a Major Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. S89

Author(s):

S. Alzahrani ◽

M. Almeziny ◽

A. Narang ◽

O. Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Intravenous Iron ◽

Iron Sucrose ◽

Ferric Carboxymaltose ◽

Care Hospital

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O060: Reduction of central-line associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ◽

10.1186/2047-2994-2-s1-o60 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (Suppl 1) ◽

pp. O60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

WA Mazi ◽

Z Bejum ◽

D Abdulmutalib ◽

A Hisham ◽

S Maghari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Bloodstream Infections ◽

Central Line ◽

Care Hospital

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Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to Ceftaroline

JOURNAL FOR CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH ◽

10.7860/jcdr/2021/46121.14442 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Harsha Sreedharan ◽

KB Asha Pai

Keyword(s):

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Methicillin Resistance ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

The United States ◽

Clinical Isolates ◽

Diffusion Method ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Care Hospital

Introduction: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infection is a major global healthcare problem, the prevalence of which varies from 25-50% in India. It is known to cause Skin and Soft tissue Infections (SSI), endovascular infections, endocarditis, pneumonia, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. Vancomycin is the drug of choice for treating severe MRSA infections. Ceftaroline, a fifth-generation cephalosporin has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for treating acute bacterial SSI caused by susceptible micro-organisms including MRSA, Community acquired respiratory tract infection, MRSA bacteremia and endocarditis. Aim: To assess the susceptibility of clinical isolates of S. aureusto ceftaroline, in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology of a Tertiary Care Hospital over a period of two months from June 2019 to July 2019. S.aureus isolates from various clinical samples were screened for methicillin resistance by disc diffusion method using cefoxitin disc and ceftaroline susceptibility of these isolates was assessed by E-strip method. The isolates were classified as ceftaroline susceptible, Susceptibility Dose Dependent (SDD) and ceftaroline resistant respectively as per CLSI guidelines. A descriptive analysis of the data was done and the results were presented as frequencies and percentages. Results: All the S.aureus isolates were found to be susceptible to ceftaroline. Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus(MSSA) isolates had lower Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) when compared to MRSA. The highest MIC among MRSA was 0.5 μg/mL. Conclusion: Ceftaroline can be considered as an effective alternative for treatment of infections caused by MRSA.

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