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. 2022 Jan 25;19(3):1337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031337

Table 1.

PHARIPH, part three of the survey—risk triggers for hospital pharmacists.

Risk Risk Factor Cronbach’s Alpha after Risk Exclusion Discriminatory Power
1 Misreading of a doctor’s order (similar drug nomenclature) 0.955 0.796
2 Preparation of a wrong drug (similar drug packaging, similar drug nomenclature) 0.954 0.809
3 Preparation of a medication in a wrong dose (drug concentration highlighted on packaging vs. barely visible drug capacity) 0.955 0.792
4 Frequent changes in trade drug names in a hospital, e.g., due to a new tender 0.959 0.513
5 The need to replace existing medications with new ones due to shortages in the market 0.958 0.56
6 Time pressure during drug preparation due to, among other things, late orders of a doctor, low staffing, waiting for a medication from a wholesaler or for an administrative decision 0.957 0.653
7 Improper work organization (e.g., answering phone calls, performing other tasks “in the meantime”) 0.957 0.633
8 Pharmacist’s ignorance of a list of drug substitutes 0.954 0.835
9 Errors in doctor’s orders that were unnoticed by the pharmacist before preparation of the drug 0.954 0.866
10 Psychophysiological fatigue 0.956 0.726
11 Scarce availability of training concerning drug preparation. 0.958 0.617
12 No online ordering system 0.958 0.593
13 Ignorance of drug preparation procedures 0.954 0.815
14 Preparation of a pharmaceutical formulationfrom an expired/withdrawn drug 0.954 0.847
15 Preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation stored in improper conditions 0.954 0.851
16 Preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation under inadequate conditions, such as failure to maintain aseptic conditions 0.954 0.846
17 Preparation of medications ordered in hospital and concomitant patient’s self-administration of own drugs without the knowledge of medical personnel 0.954 0.825