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community pharmacies responsible dispensing medicines related counselling outpatient care dispensing practices remarkably changed time little known changes influenced medication safety national study investigated trends dispensing errors des related prescribed medicines reported finnish community pharmacies within 6year period national retrospective register study included des reported nationally coordinated voluntary de reporting system finnish community pharmacies 20152020 de rates de types prescription types individuals detected des contributing factors des quantified frequencies percentages poisson regression used assess statistical significance changes annual de rates type study period altogether 19 550 des reported annual number error reports showed decreasing trend n 3 913 2015 vs n 2 117 2020 rr 054 p 0001 greatest decrease reported des occurred 2019 national implementation medicines verification system mvs additional safety feature integrated mvs process common error type wrong dispensed strength 50 des followed wrong quantity pack size 13 annual number almost de types decreased wrong strength errors decreased n 2121 2015 vs n 926 2020 throughout study period des commonly detected patients 50 des pharmacy personnel 30 reported contributing factors factors related employees 36 des similar packaging 26 similar names 21 medicinal products overall decreasing trend identified reported des almost de types changes seem associated digitalisation new technologies implemented dispensing process finnish community pharmacies particularly implementation mvs safety feature integrated mvs process role patients pharmacy personnel detecting des remained central regardless changes dispensing practices