Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Reducing wrong drug and wrong strength dispensing errors at SKH Outpatient Pharmacy

Dispensing errors where an incorrect drug or dosage of the medication is dispensed to the patient may lead to patient harm. Such errors may lead to overdose, underdose, failure to receive appropriate drug therapy, and/or experiencing side effects due to unwarranted drug therapy. Significant time and effort must also be spent to investigate and correct such errors when they do occur. Due to the extensive danger posed by such dispensing errors, it is imperative to identify the most common causes of these errors and minimize their occurrence.