An umbrella review of systematic reviews on contributory factors to medication errors in healthcare settings

Lina Naseralallah, Derek Stewart, Ruba Azfr Ali, Vibhu Paudyal

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Abstract

Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety and are prevalent in all health-care settings. This umbrella review aims to systematically evaluate the evidence on contributory factors to medication errors in health-care settings in terms of the nature of these factors, methodologies and theories used to identify and classify them, and the terminologies and definitions used to describe them.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages21
JournalExpert Opinion on Drug Safety
Volume2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2022

Keywords

  • contributory factors
  • medication errors
  • methodology
  • umbrella review

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