Table 6.

prescriptions with dosing errors

Country (setting)	No. of Prescriptions or medication orders	Dosing errors (number)	Dosing errors (%)	References
Israel (General hospital)	14,385 prescriptions	44 prescriptions	0.3	[14]
Bahrain (Primary care)	77,511 prescriptions	1,413 prescriptions	1.8	[15]
Bahrain (Primary care)	2,282 prescriptions	795 prescriptions	34.8	[16]
Egypt (Teaching hospital)	2,286 medication prescribed	503 medication prescribed	22	[24]
Bahrain (Primary care)	2,282 prescriptions	60 prescriptions	2.6	[17]
Iran (Teaching hospital)	86 prescriptions	11 prescriptions	12.8	[18]
Saudi (Primary care)	1,582 medication orders	14 medication orders	0.89	[26]
Saudi (Primary care)	5,299 prescriptions	8 prescriptions	0.15	[27]
Bahrain (Primary care)	5880 medication orders	397 medication orders	6.7	[19]
Israel (Teaching hospital)	4736 prescriptions	31 prescriptions	0.65	[20]
Israel (Teaching hospital)	471 medication orders	12 medication orders	2.5	[30]
Saudi (Tertiary hospital)	2,380 medication orders	526 medication orders	22.1	[21]