*Disclaimer: This article was published in 2020 and reflects the information available at that time.
It is not surprising that approximately 60% of reports to PDL involve dispensing errors. The PDL Professional Officers collate these reports and identify the sub-categories of dispensing error. The two most frequent error types reported are:
Wrong drug supplied
Wrong strength supplied of the prescribed drug
Causes of these errors include:
Incorrect data entry of prescription details
Incorrect selection of the wrong drug or strength in the dispensing software
Incorrect s…
