Qatar Medical Journal - 3 - HMC Collaborative Pharmacy 2016 Conference Proceedings, June 2017

Background and aim: Medication errors (MEs) are a major global issue, adversely impacting patient safety and health outcomes. Promoting patient safety through minimising MEs is therefore a key global healthcare objective. This study aims to systematically review the incidence, nature and causes of MEs in hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries. Method: A systematic search of studies related to MEs originated from Middle East Read More

Introduction: Under-reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and low-quality reporting are a widespread phenomenon globally.1 There is a need for more insight on the role of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in ADR reporting. This study primarily aimed to compare the rates, quality, and characteristics of ADR reports received from different healthcare providers in Rumailah Hospital (RH) in Qatar. Methods: A retrospective Read More

Introduction: Piperacillin/tazobactam is a bacteriolytic combined antibiotic that contains the extended-spectrum penicillin antibiotic, piperacillin, and the β-lactamase inhibitor, tazobactam. The piperacillin/tazobactam acts against several gram-positive and -negative bacteria. Some of the most common adverse reactions of piperacillin/tazobactam are diarrhea (7–11%) and fever (2–5%). The least common reported adverse reactions of pipera Read More

Background: Metformin hydrochloride (MH) is a widely used medication for diabetes mellitus. For that, the availability of numerous multisourced MH in the drug market puts health care providers in a difficult situation for choosing the suitable brand and the possibility of interchangeable use. Objective: The aim of this study is to test 10 brands and generics of local and regional MH multisourced tablets to assess their in vitro bioequivalence an Read More

Background and objective: Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is the unit rendering healthcare service for ill or premature newborn infants. Neonates are considered very high-risk patients and consequently they are more impacted by any prescribing error. On the other hand, prescribing errors are more common in pediatrics and in particular in NICU due to frequent changes in medication's dose and frequency based on postnatal age/we Read More