Causes of prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: a prospective study.

By B. Dean, Mike Schachter, C. Vincent, N. Barber. The Lancet, 2002

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The epidemiology of prescribing errors: the potential impact of computerized prescriber order entry. (2004, neutral): “Anti-infective (n = 127) 24 (19) 79 (62) 24 (19) Cardiovascular (n = 42) 23 (55) 9 (21) 10 (24) Opioid analgesic (n = 26) 17 (65) 7 (27) 2 (8) Vitamin/electrolyte (n = 13) 4 (31) 4 (31) 5 (38) Hormonal (n = 11) 0 (0) 2 (18) 9 (82) Gastrointestinal (n = 11) 0 (0) 8 (73) 3 (27) Anticoagulant (n = 10) ”
Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study (2008, background): “Lastly, whereas the number of residents who volunteered to participate in this study was high, particularly considering the time commitment required, and although available personal data suggest that our population of residents was typical of American paediatric residents,”
Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospital In-Patients: A Prospective Analysis of 3695 Patient-Episodes (2009, background): “Computerised prescribing and monitoring systems [41– 43], the presence of pharmacists on ward rounds [44,45], the need for better monitoring [46], and enhanced education of prescribing, leading to error reduction [47], are amongst the possible intervention strategies that have been suggested to be i”