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Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002–2008

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Title
Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002–2008
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Australian Health Review, August 2009
DOI 10.1186/1743-8462-6-18
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Authors

Elizabeth E Roughead, Susan J Semple

Abstract

This paper presents Part 1 of a two-part literature review examining medication safety in the Australian acute care setting. This review was undertaken for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to update a previous national report on medication safety conducted in 2002. This first part of the review examines the extent and causes of medication incidents and adverse drug events in acute care.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Ireland 2 2%
Portugal 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Unknown 127 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 24 18%
Student > Bachelor 22 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 12%
Researcher 12 9%
Other 9 7%
Other 28 21%
Unknown 22 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 44 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 18 14%
Computer Science 8 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 3%
Other 14 11%
Unknown 24 18%