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 language | English |
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Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Expert Opinion on Drug Safety |
Volume | 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2022 |
Keywords
- contributory factors
- medication errors
- methodology
- umbrella review