Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Prescription errors in healthcare pose significant risks, leading to adverse patient outcomes and escalating healthcare costs. In dentistry, mistakes like incorrect drug choice or dosage can cause serious complications. Although these risks are well-known, limited research...
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| description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Prescription errors in healthcare pose significant risks, leading to adverse patient outcomes and escalating healthcare costs. In dentistry, mistakes like incorrect drug choice or dosage can cause serious complications. Although these risks are well-known, limited research focuses specifically on dental prescription errors in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate common prescription errors within this region’s dental field and identify factors that could help improve patient safety and elevate care standards.
METHODOLOGY: A literature review of existing studies was performed utilizing databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and PubMed, zeroing in on dental prescription errors related to the Middle East.
RESULTS: The data reveals common errors include wrong drug choice, prescribing unsafe drugs, inappropriate treatment length, incomplete patient information, wrong dosage, and poor communication with patients.
CONCLUSION: As highlighted in the study, immediate targeted measures are required to create safer dental prescribing in the Middle East. Recommendations encompass providing ongoing training, performing regular audits, and using electronic prescribing systems. Teamwork between healthcare providers is crucial to creating hypervigilance of prescribing in dental care and improving medication safety.
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| spelling | doaj-art-bbcdc16f69964fd39c3f40a2ea1e31502025-08-20T02:16:50ZengUniversity of FaisalabadJournal of University Medical & Dental College2221-78272310-55422025-05-0116210.37723/jumdc.v16i2.1051Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature reviewHala Afifi0Sarah Dheaa1Farah Albanna2Farah Alqaderi3Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Dentistry, City University Ajman, UAE.5th year Student, College of Dentistry, City University Ajman, Ajman, UAE.General Practitioner, College of Dentistry, City University Ajman, Ajman, UAE.General Practitioner, College of Dentistry, City University Ajman, Ajman, UAE.BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Prescription errors in healthcare pose significant risks, leading to adverse patient outcomes and escalating healthcare costs. In dentistry, mistakes like incorrect drug choice or dosage can cause serious complications. Although these risks are well-known, limited research focuses specifically on dental prescription errors in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate common prescription errors within this region’s dental field and identify factors that could help improve patient safety and elevate care standards. METHODOLOGY: A literature review of existing studies was performed utilizing databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and PubMed, zeroing in on dental prescription errors related to the Middle East. RESULTS: The data reveals common errors include wrong drug choice, prescribing unsafe drugs, inappropriate treatment length, incomplete patient information, wrong dosage, and poor communication with patients. CONCLUSION: As highlighted in the study, immediate targeted measures are required to create safer dental prescribing in the Middle East. Recommendations encompass providing ongoing training, performing regular audits, and using electronic prescribing systems. Teamwork between healthcare providers is crucial to creating hypervigilance of prescribing in dental care and improving medication safety. https://www.jumdc.com/index.php/jumdc/article/view/1051Prescription Errors, Dentistry, Medication Errors, Drug Interactions, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Medication Errors, Dental Care. |
| spellingShingle | Hala Afifi Sarah Dheaa Farah Albanna Farah Alqaderi Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review Journal of University Medical & Dental College Prescription Errors, Dentistry, Medication Errors, Drug Interactions, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Medication Errors, Dental Care. |
| title | Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review |
| title_full | Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review |
| title_fullStr | Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review |
| title_short | Common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east: A comprehensive literature review |
| title_sort | common prescription errors among dentists in the middle east a comprehensive literature review |
| topic | Prescription Errors, Dentistry, Medication Errors, Drug Interactions, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Medication Errors, Dental Care. |
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