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STUDY

Pharmacist-supported medication review training for general practitioners: feasibility and acceptability.

Krska J, Gill D, Hansford D. Med Educ. 2006;40:1217-1225.

STUDY

Prescription errors in psychiatry - a multi-centre study.

Stubbs J, Haw C, Taylor D. J Psychopharmacol. 2006;20:553-61.

STUDY

Improving medication management for patients: the effect of a pharmacist on post-admission ward rounds.

Fertleman M, Barnett N, Patel T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:207-211.

STUDY

Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic.

Jani YH, Ghaleb MA, Marks SD, Cope J, Barber N, Wong IC. J Pediatr. 2008;152:214-218.

STUDY

Factors influencing doctors' ability to calculate drug doses correctly.

Wheeler DW, Wheeler SJ, Ringrose TR. Int J Clin Pract. 2007;61:189-194.

COMMENTARY

Minimizing inappropriate medications in older populations: a ten-step conceptual framework.

Scott IA, Gray LC, Martin JH, Mitchell CA. Am J Med. 2012;125:529-537.e4.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Prescribing Themed Issue.

Waller DG. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012;74:559-729.

STUDY

What constitutes a prescribing error in paediatrics?

Ghaleb MA, Barber N, Dean Franklin B, Wong ICK. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14:352-357.

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Which clinical errors lead to the referral of UK paediatricians to the National Clinical Assessment Service?

Raine J, Scarrott D. Eur J Pediatr. 2012;171:1449-1452.

STUDY

Understanding vs. competency: the case of accuracy checking dispensed medicines in pharmacy.

James KL, Davies JG, Kinchin I, Patel JP, Whittlesea C. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2010;15:735-747.

STUDY

Monitoring adverse drug reactions in children using community pharmacies: a pilot study.

Stewart D, Helms P, McCaig D, Bond C, McLay J. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;59:677-683.

STUDY

A pharmacist-led information technology intervention for medication errors (PINCER): a multicentre, cluster randomised, controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Avery AJ, Rodgers S, Cantrill JA, et al. Lancet. 2012;379:1310-1319.

STUDY

Formal medicine reconciliation within the emergency department reduces the medication error rates for emergency admissions.

Mills PR, McGuffie AC. Emerg Med J. 2010;27:911-915.

REVIEW

Interventions in primary care to reduce medication related adverse events and hospital admissions: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Royal S, Smeaton L, Avery AJ, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:23-31.

STUDY

Medication errors: a prospective cohort study of hand-written and computerised physician order entry in the intensive care unit.

Shulman R, Singer M, Goldstone J, Bellingan G. Crit Care. 2005;9:R516-R521.

STUDY

Can an electronic prescribing system detect doctors who are more likely to make a serious prescribing error?

Coleman JJ, Hemming K, Nightingale PG, et al. J R Soc Med. 2011;104:208-218.

REVIEW

Minimising medication errors in children.

Wong ICK, Wong LYL, Cranswick NE. Arch Dis Child. 2009;94:161-164.

STUDY

Nurse prescribing: reflections on safety in practice.

Bradley E, Hynam B, Nolan P. Soc Sci Med. 2007;65:599-609.

STUDY

Decreasing paediatric prescribing errors in a district general hospital.

Davey AL, Britland A, Naylor RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:146-149.

STUDY

Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic prescribing.

Jani YH, Barber N, Wong ICK. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:337-340.

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