Table 2 Summary of different types of dispensing errors in study hospitals
|
SH 1 (N = 248 prescriptions) |
SH 2 (N = 84 prescriptions) |
SH 3 (N = 88 prescriptions) |
Total (N = 420 prescriptions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labelling errors, N (%) |
6146 (65.0%) |
1644 (56.5%) |
2733 (63.2%) |
10,523 (63.1%) |
| Concomitant prescribing and dispensing errors, N (%) |
1878 (19.9%) |
771 (24.4%) |
858 (19.8%) |
3507 (21.0%) |
| Documentation errors, N (%) |
948 (10.0%) |
400 (13.7%) |
424 (9.8%) |
1772 (10.6%) |
| Content errors, N (%) |
477 (5.0%) |
87 (3.0%) |
248 (5.7%) |
812 (4.9%) |
| Other errors, N (%) |
6 (0.1%) |
9 (0.3%) |
60 (1.4%) |
75 (0.4%) |
| Total |
9455 (56.7%) |
2911 (17.4%) |
4323 (25.9%) |
16,689 (100.0%) |