Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
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Alem Ketema Enat Hospital, Ethiopia

Biography

Yitayih Kefale currently works at Bahir Dar College of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy. Yitayih does research in HIV/AIDS, Infectious and pharmaceutical care. His current published article is Surgical Site Infections and Prophylaxis Antibiotic Use in the Surgical Ward of Public Hospital in Western Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Publications

• Research   
  Medication Error Patients Admitted to Medical Ward in Primary Hospital, Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study
  Author(s): Kebede B* and Yitayih Kefale
  
  Medication error (ME) is broadly defined as any error in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of a drug. ME is the single most preventable cause of patient harm. An infinite number of medication error exist because of the rapidly expanding array of drug products available, the growing number of diseases being recognized & diagnosed, and the growing number of patients entering the health care system. To evaluate the most frequently encountered drug class undergo medication errors, to identify sources of medication error and evaluate predictors of medication errors among patients admitted to medical ward in primary hospital, northwest Ethiopia. Prospective observational study was conducted from April 1/2018-October/2019G.C. All adult patients who met inclusion criteria were included in the study. Patient medication adherence was evaluated using morisky adherence scale. Ind.. View More»
  

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