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Effectiveness of a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines in a Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Group, Detudom Crown Prince Hospital |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Suriyon Mingkwan |
| Title | Effectiveness of a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines in a Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Group, Detudom Crown Prince Hospital |
| Publisher | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU |
| Publication Year | 2568 |
| Journal Title | Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 21 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 33-42 |
| Keyword | Prevention system, Medication errors, Herbal medicine |
| URL Website | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJPS |
| Website title | Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, IJPS |
| ISSN | 19050852 |
| Abstract | Medication errors related to herbal medicines that occur while herbal medicines are under the care of healthcare professionals, which may cause harm to patients or have inappropriate medication. Therefore, a special system is needed to prevent the differences. Objective: To develop a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines and evaluate the effectiveness of the developed system. Methods: This action research consisted of three steps: problem analysis and development of a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines; system implementation; and evaluation of the effectiveness of the developed system by comparing the rate of medication errors related to herbal medicines occurring during official working hours before and after implementing the developed medication errors related to herbal medicines prevention system. Data on medication errors related to herbal medicines related to medication prescribing, pre-dispensing processes, and dispensing from the hospital risk reporting program and the medication errors related to herbal medicines report record of the Thai Traditional Medicine and Alternative Medicine Group, Detudom Crown Prince Hospital. General data were analyzed, including the number of herbal prescriptions, the number of herbal medicine items, and the number of medication errors related to herbal medicines, using descriptive statistics (frequency). The difference in rate of medication errors related to herbal medicines was compared before and after using the developed system using Chi-squared test statistics, with statistical significance at p < 0.05. Results: The developed a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines consisted of 13 measures. For example, creating a pop-up notification when prescribing herbal medicine, placing warning labels on herbal medicines with similar names or external characteristics, and dispensing herbal medicines by pharmacists, etc. After the implementation of the developed system, the overall medication errors related to herbal medicines rate in all processes can be reduced statistically significantly (p < 0.001) from 14.15 to 2.24 times per 1,000 prescriptions. Conclusion: The developed a prevention system on medication errors related to herbal medicines can effectively reduce medication errors related to herbal medicines at a Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Group. |
