Impact of automated drug dispensing system on patient safety

被引：10

作者：

Alanazi, Majed Falah ^{[1
]}

Shahein, Majed Ibrahim ^{[1
]}

Alsharif, Hamad Mohammed ^{[1
]}

Alotaibi, Saif Mohammed ^{[1
]}

Alanazi, Abdulsalam Owaidh ^{[1
]}

Alanazi, Ahmed Obaidallah ^{[1
]}

Alharbe, Umar Abdolah ^{[2
]}

Almfalh, Hanad S. S. ^{[3
]}

Amirthalingam, Palanisamy ^{[4
]}

Hamdan, Ahmed Mohsen ^{[4
]}

Veeramani, Vinoth Prabhu ^{[4
]}

Mohamed, Shahul Hameed Pakkir ^{[5
]}

Ali, Mostafa A. Sayed ^{[4
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tabuk, Fac Pharm, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

[2] King Fahd Multispecialty Hosp, Pharmaceut Care Dept, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

[3] King Khalid Civil Hosp, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

[4] Univ Tabuk, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharm Practice, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

[5] Univ Tabuk, Fac Appl Med Sci, Phys Therapy Dept, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

[6] Assiut Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Clin Pharm, Assiut, Egypt

来源：

PHARMACY PRACTICE-GRANADA | 2022年 / 20卷 / 04期

关键词：

drug dispensing; pharmacist; perception; patient safety; factor analysis; MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT PHARMACY; SAUDI-ARABIA; FIT INDEXES; CABINETS; INTERVENTIONS; HOSPITALS; SETTINGS;

D O I：

10.18549/PharmPract.2022.4.2744

中图分类号：

R9 [药学];

学科分类号：

1007 ;

摘要：

Objectives: Automated drug dispensing system (ADDs) is an emerging technology positively impacts drug dispensing efficiency by minimizing medication errors. However, the pharmacist perception of the impact of ADDs on patient safety is not well-established. This cross-sectional observational study aimed to evaluate the dispensing practice and pharmacist perception of ADDs towards patient safety through a validated questionnaire. Methods: A self-designed questionnaire was validated and the pharmacist perception of dispensing practice was compared between two hospitals adopting ADDs and traditional drug dispensing system (TDDs). Results: The developed questionnaire had an excellent internal consistency (both Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were >0.9). Factor analysis retained three significant factors (subscales) that explained pharmacist perception of dispensing system, dispensing practice, and patient counseling (p<0.001 for each factor). The average number of prescriptions dispensed per day, drugs contained in each prescription, average time for labeling each prescription and inventory management were significantly varied between ADDs and TDDs (p=0.027, 0.013 0.044 and 0.004, respectively). The perception of pharmacists using ADDs on three domains were higher than the TDDs. The pharmacists in ADDs agreed that they had enough time to review the medications before dispensing than TDDs and this difference was found to be statistically significant (p=0.028). Conclusions: ADDs was highly effective in improving dispensing practice and medication review; however, the pharmacists need to emphasize the importance of ADDs to translate the pharmacists' freed-time towards patient care.

引用

页数：11

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