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  • Patient Safety
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

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  • Dispensing errors in pharmacies present significant patient safety risks and increase healthcare costs globally.
  • Limited comprehensive studies exist on the prevalence, causes, and effective interventions for medication dispensing errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review the current evidence on dispensing error prevalence in outpatient and community pharmacies.
  • To identify key risk factors contributing to dispensing errors.
  • To evaluate the impact of mitigation strategies on reducing dispensing errors.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search following PRISMA guidelines across PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL (Jan 2010 - June 2025).
  • Inclusion of 22 studies (13 developing, 9 developed countries) reporting calculable prevalence.
  • Data extraction and bias assessment using NHLBI and GRADE tools by two independent reviewers.

Main Results:

  • Dispensing error rates varied widely (0.001%-11.53%), higher in community (mean 4.12%) than outpatient pharmacies (1.85%).
  • Common errors included wrong dose/strength (58.6%) and look-/sound-alike drug confusion (47.90%).
  • Key contributing factors were high workload (55%), staff shortages (22%), and illegible prescriptions (30.70%).

Conclusions:

  • Dispensing errors remain a critical issue, particularly in community pharmacies and underserved regions.
  • Multimodal strategies integrating technology, standardized workflows, and staff training show potential for error reduction.
  • Very low certainty of evidence necessitates further research with consistent methods and robust error reporting systems.