The top ten prescribing errors in practice and how to avoid them (February 2019)

Summary

Prescribing errors affect patient safety, but pharmacists and other healthcare professionals can reduce the risk of them occurring.

In this article published in The Pharmaceutical Journal, David Cousins and colleagues describe the most important types of prescribing errors, medicines and situations responsible for causing death and severe harm to patients. It also provides advice on how to avoid these errors occurring.