Table 4 Assessment of the error incidence in the preprocessing process.

From: The impact of pharmacist oriented mode on risk control in a Chinese centralized intravenous admixture service centre

Item

Control group (n = 39,519)

Practice group (n = 39,552)

Χ2- value

P value

Preparation of prescription inconsistency medicine

53(0.13)

12(0.03)

13.484

0.036

Preparation of unauthorized medications

19(0.05)

3(0.01)

  

Preparation of unqualified medication

23(0.06)

14(0.04)

  

Medication container breakage

27(0.07)

17(0.04)

  

Medications with incorrect label

49(0.12)

13(0.03)

  

Wrong batch allocation for medications

25(0.06)

16(0.04)

  

Continuous preparation of refunded medications for a previous patient

30(0.08)

12(0.03)

  

Total

226(0.57)

87(0.22)