The nature, severity and causes of medication incidents from an Australian community pharmacy incident reporting system: the QUMwatch study.
Adie K, Fois RA, McLachlan AJ, et al. The nature, severity and causes of medication incidents from an Australian community pharmacy incident reporting system: The QUMwatch study. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2021;87(12):4809-4822. doi:10.1111/bcp.14924.
Medication errors are a common cause of patient harm. This study analyzed medication incident (MI) reports from thirty community pharmacies in Australia. Most errors occurred during the prescribing stage and were the result of interrelated causes such as poor communication and not following procedures/guidelines. Further research into these causes could reduce medication errors in the community.