Publications by authors named "Carole Bons"

Objectives: The objective of this work is to describe the interest of developing a simulation for the evaluation and improvement of practices through the realization of a horror week in a cytotoxic preparation unit.

Methods: The simulation was divided into five days, each corresponding to a step in the cytotoxic circuit. Five errors per day were produced and presented to the team in a dedicated room.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pharmacists' interventions (PI) on the potential clinical impact of medication errors, including the lack of therapeutic optimisation of patients with cardiologic diseases, such as heart failure and acute coronary syndrome).

Methods: This was an observational, prospective study conducted in the cardiology department of a French university hospital centre for a duration of 9 months. All prescriptions were analysed and PI were registered for clinical rating by pharmacists and cardiologist.

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