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Medication errors in older people with mental health problems
— a review | | Author(s) | Ian D Maidment, Camilla Haw, Jean Stubbs |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 6, June 2008 |
| Pages | pp 564-573 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Mental disorder ; Clinical surveys ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Medline, Embase, PHARMLINE, Cochrane Collaboration and PsychINFO were searched in a systematic review to identify studies that investigated medication errors in older people with mental health problems. Any studies identified were scrutinised for further references; and the title, abstract or full text were systematically reviewed for relevance. Data were extracted from 8 studies. In total, information about 728 errors (459 administrations, 248 prescribing, 7 dispensing, 12 transcribing, 2 unclassified) was available. The dataset related almost exclusively to inpatients, frequently involved non-psychotropics, and the majority of errors were not serious. Due to methodology issues, it was impossible to calculate overall error rates. Future research should concentrate on serious errors within community settings and clarify risk factors. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080717202 A |
| Classmark | LLD: E: 3G: 64A |
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