Contributing factors to outpatient pharmacy near miss errors: a Malaysian prospective multi-center study Background Detecting errors before medication dispensed or 'near misses' is a crucial step to combat the incidence of dispensing error. Despite this, no pu... R Rajah,AA Hanif,SSA Tan,... ...
Medication errors are a threat to patient safety, yet near miss events are frequently underreported. At the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, medication errors are tracked utilizing the electronic patient event reporting system. Starting in August 2012, the pharmacy department initiated a more ...