Medication compliance and lifestyle adherence in renal transplant recipients in Kuwait.

Introduction And Aim: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment choice for end stage renal disease; this option needs a major change in the recipients' lifestyle and requires strict adherence to medications. The study aim was to assess the compliance of renal transplant patients to medications and lifestyle modifications in the Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center in Kuwait.

Patients And Methods: One-hundred and twenty renal transplant patients were interviewed for their lifestyle behaviors after transplantation, including transplant adherence to their medications, healthy meals, personal hygiene, physical activity, regular out-patient follow up visits, and preventive measures against infection and cancer, in addition to sexual function.

The impact of electronic prescription on reducing medication errors in an Egyptian outpatient clinic.

Objectives: To assess the impact of electronic prescription on the types and rates of medication errors in prescribing and dispensing phases, and to formulate recommendations on the use of electronic prescriptions in Egyptian outpatient practice.

Methods: Medication errors and correction interventions were collected by reviewing the incident reports obtained from the outpatient pharmacy in a specialized hospital in Egypt. A data collection form was used to classify the errors.