BACKGROUND Dispensing errors are inevitable occurrences in community pharmacies across the world. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify the community pharmacists' perception towards dispensing errors in the community pharmacies in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 47 community pharmacists selected through convenience sampling. Data were an...

BACKGROUND General practitioners' (GPs) negative beliefs about smoking cessation services may act as barriers to them recommending such services to smokers motivated to stop smoking. METHODS In Study 1, 25 GPs from 16 practices across London were interviewed in this qualitative study. Framework analysis was used to identify key themes in GPs' beliefs about smoking cessation services. In Study...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the effectiveness of the National Arthritis Foundation (NAF) aquatic and on-land exercise programs on functional fitness and perceived ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) measures in older adults with arthritis. DESIGN The effects of aquatic and on-land exercise intervention programs were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance by using a plan...

BACKGROUND Interruptions have been implicated as a cause of clinical errors, yet, to our knowledge, no empirical studies of this relationship exist. We tested the hypothesis that interruptions during medication administration increase errors. METHODS We performed an observational study of nurses preparing and administering medications in 6 wards at 2 major teaching hospitals in Sydney, Austra...

BACKGROUND Reason's Swiss cheese model has become the dominant paradigm for analysing medical errors and patient safety incidents. The aim of this study was to determine if the components of the model are understood in the same way by quality and safety professionals. METHODS Survey of a volunteer sample of persons who claimed familiarity with the model, recruited at a conference on quality i...