Families are struggling to use medicines at home — we must truly involve them in their own safety Surprisingly few medicine errors in children in the home setting are reported, yet evidence suggests that parents sometimes struggle here. We can tackle this hidden medicines safety issue by putting families’ insight at the heart of our interventions.…
NHS investigation body launches inquiry into medication errors in children The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will explore the risks of medication errors occurring, following an incident involving a child aged four years.…
Pharmacist-led feedback for prescribers cuts errors in hospital, study suggests A pharmacist-led feedback intervention, aimed at supporting prescribers, resulted in a significant reduction in prescribing errors in hospital, a study has found.…
Reducing risk and managing dispensing errors Pharmacy teams should understand how to minimise the risk and likelihood of dispensing errors, including methods that can be used to evaluate existing processes, as well as how to deal with errors if they happen.…
Understanding dispensing errors and risk As prescription numbers continue to increase, it is necessary to understand the dispensing errors that can occur and how they may happen. …
Reported patient safety incidents fell by almost half during COVID-19 pandemic Reporting of patient safety incidents decreased by 45% between April 2020 and June 2020, compared with the previous quarter.…
Pharmacist contributions to consultant-led post-take ward rounds: a service evaluation A study carried out at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust shows that pharmacists’ contributions on post-take ward rounds are highly valued, with their interventions leading to a reduction in prescribing errors and potential for harm.…
National medication errors project shows reduction in hazardous prescribing An evaluation of the national roll-out of the ‘Pharmacist-led Information Technology Intervention for Medication Errors’ (PINCER) project has shown that it has led to reductions in hazardous prescribing.…
Prescribing ward round with pharmacist involvement cuts errors on paediatric ICU A daily prescribing round in a paediatric intensive care unit led to a reduction in prescribing errors and overall time spent on medicines queries and prescribing.…
Chief pharmacists advised to store specialist antidotes separately to avoid mis-selection errors New rules for storage of antidotes will come into effect in November 2020 in response to a series of incidents, including two with fatal outcomes.…
