Dispensing errors in Lebanese community pharmacies: incidence, types, underlying causes, and associated factors

Soubra, Lama

doi:10.18549/pharmpract.2021.1.2170

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“…Using the generic name in prescribing is an indicator of rational prescribing. It promotes access and affordability of drugs, thereby encouraging treatment adherence 37 38. In a study conducted by Nwolisa et al in Nigeria, they reported that the difference in the cost between the same drugs prescribed in generic names against brand names was between 60% and 41.7%, respectively 30.…”

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Evaluation of rational prescribing in a hospital paediatric outpatient clinic in Nigeria

Okoye

Udemba

Ndugba

et al. 2022

bmjpo

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BackgroundIrrational prescribing is a continuing public health issue in low/middle-income countries. This study evaluated the drug use pattern of medicines in paediatrics aged below 12 years attending the outpatient paediatric clinic of Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.MethodAn observational cross-sectional study was conducted using patients’ medical records who attended the outpatient paediatric clinic from 1 January to 30 April 2022. The WHO prescribing indicators and guidelines for investigating drug use in health facilities were used.ResultA total of 800 prescriptions containing 2723 drugs were analysed, with a mean number of drugs per prescription of 3.4. A total of 651 patients (81.3%) had at least one antibiotic, and the number of encounters with injection was 17.5% (140 patients). Prescribing by generic name was done for 1406 (51.6%) drugs; of the 2723 drugs prescribed, 2441 (89.6%) were from the WHO Pediatric Essential Medication List. In addition, 80% of the prescriptions contained antimalaria. Analgesics/antipyretics were the most frequently prescribed medicine (87.9%).ConclusionThe findings of this study deviated from the WHO recommended standards. There is a need to target paediatric clinics further and enforce national strategies to tackle non-standard prescribing practices among the paediatric population.

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Evaluation of rational prescribing in a hospital paediatric outpatient clinic in Nigeria

Okoye

Udemba

Ndugba

et al. 2022

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“…There are 37 articles that discuss the incidence of MEs and their factors in Asia, where the articles consist of 9 articles from Southeast Asia [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] ; 3 articles from East Asia [19][20][21] ; 7 articles from South Asia [22][23][24][25][26][27][28] and 18 articles from West Asia [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] . A total of 2 articles discuss the incidence of MEs and their factors in Australia [47][48] .…”

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Medication errors analysis in Asia and Australia: A systematic review

Annisa¹,

Yasin²,

Kristina³

2023

Pharm Sci Asia

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Despite Medication errors (MEs) become worldwide problem, the majority of the studies especially in Asia only carried out in Middle East and very little known about MEs in Asia and Australia. This study aimed systematically to identify and review research done on MEs and their causative factors in Asian and Australian countries. The literature search was conducted from 24 April 2022 using PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus as the literature search area databases. The collection of research results in a systematic review using the BOOLEAN operator to specify the search scope. The total articles generated were 7,799 articles and resulted in 40 articles in full text and met the requirements so that an analysis. Based on studies that have been reviewed, prescribing errors and dispensing errors are the most type than others and high workload is the most common factors.

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“…Time pressures and workloads were previously reported to affect the quality of interventions/services provided by the pharmacist. 65 , 66 The perception of “lack of time”, reported as a barrier for service provision, must be taken into consideration through both better management and task redistribution for providing additional contemporary professional services. 65 , 67 …”

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“… 65 , 66 The perception of “lack of time”, reported as a barrier for service provision, must be taken into consideration through both better management and task redistribution for providing additional contemporary professional services. 65 , 67 …”

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Pharmacist Role in Hypertension Management in the Community Setting: Questionnaire Development, Validation, and Application

Soubra¹,

Elba²

2023

PPA

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Background Hypertension is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally. Pharmacists can play a substantial role in decreasing the burden of the disease. Purpose The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale assessing the pharmacist role in hypertension management in the community pharmacy setting. The secondary aims were to assess the services/interventions in hypertension management that were performed in the real-life setting, as well as the patient satisfaction from these services/interventions. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in Egypt. The data were collected using a survey composed of three sections: a general section, the pharmacist role questionnaire section, and the patient satisfaction from the provided interventions/services section. The pharmacist role questionnaire was developed based on the pharmaceutical care practice conceptual model and included 23 questions. The face validity, content validity, reliability testing using Cronbach alpha, and construct validity using exploratory factor analysis were determined. The percentage of the frequency by which each role was reported to be performed was determined. Patient satisfaction from the provided interventions/services was determined by means of an overall rating. The correlation between practiced roles and patient satisfaction with received interventions/services was determined. Results The questionnaire was valid with a 4-factor structure and a Cronbach alpha >0.75, reiterating the main pharmaceutical care practice domains: medication management, disease-state education, disease-state management, and care plan monitoring. Roles falling in the domains of disease state management and disease state education were significantly more practiced than roles falling in the other domains. Conclusion Pharmacist practice in hypertension management in the community setting was inclined towards contemporary roles, such as disease state education and management. Patients seem to be satisfied with these roles.

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Dispensing errors in Lebanese community pharmacies: incidence, types, underlying causes, and associated factors

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Evaluation of rational prescribing in a hospital paediatric outpatient clinic in Nigeria

Evaluation of rational prescribing in a hospital paediatric outpatient clinic in Nigeria

Medication errors analysis in Asia and Australia: A systematic review

Pharmacist Role in Hypertension Management in the Community Setting: Questionnaire Development, Validation, and Application

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