Prevalence, contributory factors and severity of medication errors associated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abdulrhman Al Rowily; Zahraa Jalal; Malcolm J Price; Mohammed H Abutaleb; Hind Almodiaemgh; Maha Al Ammari; Vibhu Paudyal

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Prevalence, contributory factors and severity of medication errors associated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

January 12, 2022

Al Rowily A, Jalal Z, Price MJ, et al. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2022;78(4):623-645.

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Although direct acting oral anticoagulants (DAOCs) are generally considered safer than older anticoagulants, they are still high-risk medications. This review found that between 5.3% and 37.3% of patients experienced either a prescription, administration, or dosing error. Prescribing errors constituted the majority of error types, and common causes were active failures, including wrong drug or wrong dose.

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