Human Factors Perspectives on a Systemic Approach to Ensuring a Safer Medication Delivery Process

Medication Errors in a Swiss Cardiovascular Surgery Department: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Novel Medication Error Report Method

“…High rates continue to exist despite increased levels of awareness about ME in healthcare over the past decade and new developments in technology designed to reduce such errors [14]. One large study analysing when in the medication process ME occurred found that 39% of errors occurred during ordering, 38% during medication administration, 12% during order transcription, and 11% during medication dispensing [15].…”

The effect of pharmacy information management system on safety medication use: A study from private hospitals in İstanbul

“…Physician ordering, transcription, dispensing and administration may originate medication errors steps (17). The highest incidence of error is seen in the medication ordering and administration stages (18). Therefore, collaboration of health professionals and increase in communication among health professionals are critical points in patient safety.…”

Literature review of interprofessional research on inpatient pharmacy operations

“…Another issue that arises with ADS implementation is circumvention of the ADS to increase efficiency. 9,10 Cafazzo et al 11 also identified the protracted adoption of medical technology, based in part on the potential for unintended consequences, and advocated for the incorporation of human factors into the design of medical technology.…”