The Incidence and Types of Medication Errors in Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: e87338

Purpose This study assessed the incidence and types of medication errors, interventions and outcomes in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in selected HIV treatment centres in Nigeria. Methods Of 69 health facilities that had program for active screening of medication errors, 14 were randomly...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1)
Main Authors: Agu, Kenneth Anene, Oqua, Dorothy, Adeyanju, Zainab, Isah, Muhammadu Alfa, Adesina, Afusat, Ohiaeri, Samuel I, Ali, Pollock N, Ekechukwu, Nnenna, Akpakwu, Augustine Adah, Sani, Tindak
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Summary:Purpose This study assessed the incidence and types of medication errors, interventions and outcomes in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in selected HIV treatment centres in Nigeria. Methods Of 69 health facilities that had program for active screening of medication errors, 14 were randomly selected for prospective cohort assessment. All patients who filled/refilled their antiretroviral medications between February 2009 and March 2011 were screened for medication errors using study-specific pharmaceutical care daily worksheet (PCDW). All potential or actual medication errors identified, interventions provided and the outcomes were documented in the PCDW. Interventions included pharmaceutical care in HIV training for pharmacists amongst others. Chi-square was used for inferential statistics and P
ISSN:1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0087338