Mansouri et al. DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013, 21:49 http://www.darujps.com/content/21/1/49 REVIEW ARTICLE Open Access Types and severity of medication errors in Iran; a review of the current literature Ava Mansouri1, Alireza Ahmadvand2,...
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Mansouri et al. DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013, 21:49 http://www.darujps.com/content/21/1/49 REVIEW ARTICLE Open Access Types and severity of medication errors in Iran; a review of the current literature Ava Mansouri1, Alireza Ahmadvand2, Molouk Hadjibabaie3,4*, Mona Kargar3, Mohammadreza Javadi3 and Kheirollah Gholami3 Abstract Medication error (ME) is the most common single preventable cause of adverse drug events which negatively affects patient safety. ME prevalence is a valuable safety indicator in healthcare system. Inadequate studies on ME, shortage of high-quality studies and wide variations in estimations from developing countries including Iran, decreases the reliability of ME evaluations. In order to clarify the status of MEs, we aimed to review current available literature on this subject from Iran. We searched Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, EBSCOHOST and also Persian databases (IranMedex, and SID) up to October 2012 to find studies on adults and chil
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