Walton Surrey M
Department of Pharmacy Administration, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research, and Illinois Regional Health Workforce Center-University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Med Syst. 2004 Feb;28(1):63-9. doi: 10.1023/b:joms.0000021521.22689.15.
The paper, as part of this special issue in error prevention, reviews and discusses evidence in the literature related to the impact of the pharmacist shortage on medication errors. The paper examines past research regarding the impact of pharmacists on medication errors, as well as a recent unique survey that attempted to directly examine the impact of the shortage on medication errors. The paper finds a collection of suggestive anecdotal evidence indicating the pharmacist shortage is having a negative impact on medication errors. In addition, several suggestions are made for future research regarding the relationship between pharmacists, the health system, and medication errors.
作为本期预防差错特刊的一部分，本文回顾并讨论了文献中有关药剂师短缺对用药差错影响的证据。本文考察了以往关于药剂师对用药差错影响的研究，以及一项旨在直接探究短缺对用药差错影响的最新独特调查。本文发现了一系列具有启发性的轶事证据，表明药剂师短缺正对用药差错产生负面影响。此外，针对药剂师、医疗系统和用药差错之间的关系，本文还对未来研究提出了若干建议。
