Investigation of medication prescribing errors in Wad Medani, Gezira, Sudan

Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors in African Hospitals: A Systematic Review

“…No studies were identified that specifically reported transcribing errors, dispensing errors and medication history errors. Most studies (12/36) were conducted in Nigeria and 8 studies [ 55 , 60 , 62 , 67 – 69 , 74 , 78 ] were conducted in a multicentre setting. Five studies [ 50 , 52 , 56 , 65 , 79 ] were solely conducted in a paediatric ward and one study [ 73 ] in an obstetric ward.…”

“…The most common type of errors reported in the reviewed studies was greatly influenced by the methodological approach, and there were also various classifications of error types depending on the medication use process. In general, all but five studies [ 47 , 55 , 61 , 64 , 67 ] included some details regarding the most common types of errors in their report. Of these, 29 of the 31 studies identified the type of MEs reported commonly and was a prescription and/or an administration for an incorrect dose.…”

“…Most of the studies did not investigate the clinical impact of the reported MEs. Excluding those studies that measured consequences of MEs through self-reports, 11 studies addressed the impact of MEs [ 46 , 50 , 53 – 55 , 57 , 59 , 77 – 80 ]. However, these studies varied in terms of measuring tools for the clinical significance of errors.…”

“…Investigating the factors that contributed to MEs was the focus of 15 studies [ 47 , 48 , 55 , 57 , 60 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 75 , 77 – 79 ]. Only one qualitative study [ 47 ] using human error theory uncovered the causes of prescribing errors committed by junior medical doctors in an in-patient setting.…”

“…Only one qualitative study [ 47 ] using human error theory uncovered the causes of prescribing errors committed by junior medical doctors in an in-patient setting. In contrast, 9 of the 15 studies [ 48 , 55 , 60 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 74 ] employed self-report data to assess the possible causes of MEs as a whole, causation data from four studies [ 57 , 75 , 77 , 78 ] were based on individual errors, and it was not clear how these data were collected in one study [ 79 ]. The factors most commonly cited as contributory to MEs were individual factors (e.g.…”