DOI: https://doi.org/10.22263/2312-4156.2022.6.9
S.S. Malchenkova, N.S. Golyak
Pharmaceutical errors while manufacturing medicines in pharmacies
Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Vestnik VGMU. 2022;21(6):9-17.
Abstract.
Pharmaceutical errors, as a separate category of medical errors, inflict moral and physical suffering on patients and are a heavy burden of guilt and proceedings for workers who have made them in their work. Missteps, inaccuracies, gross errors may be made while dispensing finished medicines and while compounding them in pharmacies. The quality of extemporaneous medicines directly depends on the competence and attentiveness of a pharmacist-assistant. The reporting system that exists in many countries makes it possible to obtain information about errors made while manufacturing. The article highlights seven cases of various types of pharmaceutical errors (substance underfeed, overdose of an active or an auxiliary component, noncompliance with manufacturing technology) while compounding drugs in different countries of the world (Canada, USA, Germany) as well as their causes and consequences for consumers.
Keywords: medical errors, extemporaneous formulation, compounding.
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Information about authors:
S.S. Malchenkova – Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences, lecturer of the Chair of Pharmaceutical Technology, Belarusian State Medical University,
E-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра. – Svetlana S. Malchenkova;
N.S. Golyak – Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences, associate professor, head of the Chair of Pharmaceutical Technology, Belarusian State Medical University.
