Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors.
Knudsen P, Herborg H, Mortensen AR, et al. Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(4):285-90.
This study reports the results of root-cause analyses of medication errors reported by Danish pharmacies. Most errors occurred at the transcription stage, and a substantial proportion were attributed to poor handwriting.