Outpatient anti-epileptic drug prescribing errors in a Children's Hospital: An audit and literature review

This review highlights the importance of clinical information on prescriptions and that incomplete or poor documentation may contribute to prescribing errors. It also emphasises the importance of pharmacists in the identification and correction or resolution of potential prescribing errors. There is a need to develop a well-validated measure to assess the severity of prescribing errors that will better address their clinical significance and risk.