Medication Safety in Hospital

Ibrahim Alreshidi
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The World Health Organization has recommended the adoption of basic applications in healthcare facilities to enhance medication safety over the years, but it remains unclear if these recommendations are adhered to by hospitals. We assessed the availability of primary medication safety practices in Saudi Arabian hospitals. Survey were carried out in 70 hospitals to identify the presence of core medication safety practices in Saudi Arabian hospitals and revealed that there were room and opportunity for improvement, even for cheap interventions. According to the study, only about 29% of the Saudi Arabian hospitals had a proper functioning drug safety committee, and 10% had a designated medication safety officer. It was also revealed that only 32% of the hospitals had the list of LASA authorized drugs, and 51% had a list of error-prone abbreviations and medical terms. Saturated electrolytes were also found as floor stock in 60% of all hospitals. Alreshidi, International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2016, 6(1): 6-8 http://www.icpjonline.com/documents/Vol6Issue1/02.pdf
医院用药安全
多年来,世界卫生组织建议在医疗机构采用基本应用程序以提高用药安全性,但尚不清楚这些建议是否得到医院的遵守。我们评估了沙特阿拉伯医院初级药物安全实践的可用性。在70家医院进行了调查,以确定沙特阿拉伯医院中存在的核心药物安全做法,并显示存在改进的空间和机会,即使是廉价的干预措施。根据这项研究,只有大约29%的沙特阿拉伯医院有一个正常运作的药物安全委员会,10%的医院有指定的药物安全官员。此外,仅有32%的医院拥有LASA授权药品清单,51%的医院拥有易出错的缩略语和医学术语清单。60%的医院也发现了饱和电解质。Alreshidi,国际现代药学杂志,2016,6(1):6-8 http://www.icpjonline.com/documents/Vol6Issue1/02.pdf
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