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. 2021 Nov 25;2021(11):CD009985. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009985.pub2
Outcomes reported by authors of included studies Outcome group Type of medication error
Administration errors (per monthly administered doses) Medication errors Administration errors
Administration (per prescription) Medication errors Administration errors
Administration errors (per weekly anaesthetised patients) Medication errors Administration errors
Administration errors (per opportunities for error, by nurse) Medication errors Administration errors
Medication errors (per administered doses) Medication errors Administration errors
Medication errors (per administration) Medication errors Administration errors
Medication errors (per monthly administered doses) Medication errors Administration errors
All errors Medication errors All type of medication errors
Medication errors (per prescriptions) Medication errors All type of medication errors
Medication errors (per weekly prescriptions) Medication errors All type of medication errors
Medication errors per patient at discharge Medication errors All type of medication errors
Pharmacist only perform MR (all errors) Medication errors All type of medication errors
Serious medication errors per patient‐days by interns Medication errors All type of medication errors
Dispensing errors (per monthly administered doses) Medication errors Dispensing error
Dispensing errors (per prescriptions) Medication errors Dispensing error
Potential ADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Potential ADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Potential ADEs (per patient) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Potential ADEs (per prescriptions) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Potential ADEs + ADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Serious PADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Serious PADEs (per prescriptions) Medication errors Potential ADEs
Discrepancies errors (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Discrepancy errors Medication errors Prescribing errors
Discrepancy errors (per prescriptions) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Discrepancy errors per patient Medication errors Prescribing errors
Duplication errors (per prescription) Medication errors Prescribing errors
ID‐reentry function Medication errors Prescribing errors
ID‐verify alert Medication errors Prescribing errors
Medications omitted (per prescriptions) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Only omissions Medication errors Prescribing errors
Prescribing errors (per doctor) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Pharmacist history and supplementary prescribing Medication errors Prescribing errors
Pharmacist only perform MR (dosing errors) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Pharmacist only perform MR (frequency dosing errors) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Pharmacists perform MR + prescribing (dosing errors) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Pharmacists perform MR + prescribing (frequency dosing errors) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Prescribing error (per order session) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Prescribing errors (per prescriptions) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Serious discrepancy errors per patient Medication errors Prescribing errors
Serious prescribing errors (per prescriptions) Medication errors Prescribing errors
Unintended discrepancies (≥ 1 per patient) Medication errors Prescribing errors
ADEs Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs (per monthly administered doses) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs (per prescriptions) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs due to discrepancies per patient Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs due to medication error Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
ADEs per admissions Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Medication error + ADEs (per monthly administered medication doses) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Preventable ADEs (≥ 1 per patient) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Preventable ADEs (per monthly patients admitted) Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Preventable ADEs per admissions Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Serious ADEs Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Serious ADEs per admissions Adverse drug events (ADEs)  
Mortality Mortality  
Mortality at 6 months Mortality  
Mortality during hospitalisation Mortality  
Hospitalisations due to ADEs Hospitalisations  
Readmisson at 1 month Hospitalisations  
Length of stay (days) LoS  
Length of stay (days) LoS  
Quality of life (visual analogue scale (VAS) 0‐10; EQ‐5D‐3L) QoL  
Discrepancies resolutions (≥ 1 per patient) Discrepancies resolutions  
Discrepancy resolution (≥ 1 per patient) Discrepancies resolutions  
Discrepancy resolutions (per discrepancies at discharge) Discrepancies resolutions  
Discrepancy resolutions (per discrepancies) Discrepancies resolutions  
Resolved Potential ADEs (per prescriptions) Resolution of MEs  
Identified discrepancies (≥ 1 per patient) Identified discrepancies  
Identified discrepancies per patient Identified discrepancies