Ibrahim A. Al-Zaagi

Medication Safety Unit Programs in King Saud Medical City, 2012 – 2013: Safe Medication Management and Use with a Focus on Patient Safety

Ibrahim A. Al-Zaagi, Dalal S. Al-Dossari, Sara O. Salem & Naseem Akhtar Qureshi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Background: Medication safety unit [MSU] streamlines the safe management and use of prescribed medications and reduction in all types of medication errors [MEs], and associated morbidity and mortality resulting in enhanced patient safety, better quality of healthcare services and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17221

A Comparative Analysis of Electronic Prescribing Near Misses in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dalal S. Al-Dossari, Ibrahim A. Al-Zaagi, Siham D. Al-Saud, Abdullah M. Al-Bedah & Naseem A. Qureshi · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2014

Background: A “near miss” or close call is a medication error that happened but did not result in injury or damage to the patient. These medication errors (MEs) are captured and corrected before affecting the patient either fortuitously or purposefully by designed system controls...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJPR/2014/8607

Lean Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis to Enhance Patient Safety in Healthcare Organizations: A Narrative Review, 2000-2016

Sara O. Salem, Dalal S. Al-Dossari, Ibrahim A. Al-Zaagi & Naseem Akhtar Qureshi · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2017

Background: Lean Six Sigma [LSS] and Root Cause Analysis [RCA] are powerful quality business tools that cost-effectively improve efficiency and effectiveness of and client satisfaction in healthcare, academia and other industries. RCA, an iterative process helps in the identifica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2017/31541