Medication Errors and Reporting in Pediatrics

Prevention of medication errors in pediatrics.

Medication Errors and its Reporting by Nurses of Intensive Care Units of Ardabil in 2017

Background & Aim: Drug therapy is an important part of the patient's care process which its proper and safe observance is of standard emphasis and its neglecting may give rise to errors and unrecoverable complications for the patient. Evaluation of medication error is necessary for error management and providing safe care to patients. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of medicatio...

Causes of Medication Errors and Barriers of Error Reporting in point of views of Nurses: a case study

Causes of Medication Errors and Barriers of Error Reporting in point of views of Nurses: a case study   Mayelafshar Mahnaz1*, Memarpour Mehdi2   1. Ph.D. Student of Health Services Management, Department of Health Services Management, Islamic Azad University,Tehran Sciences and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran 2. Ph.D. Student of Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, I...

Barriers to reporting medication errors: a measurement equivalence perspective.

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate a statistical analysis for testing the measurement equivalence of a patient safety survey instrument. The survey instrument examined in the present study is the Medication Administration Error Reporting Survey. METHODS Surveys were posted to a random sample of registered nurses in the State of Texas, with 435 nurses completing the survey. The surveys contained questi...

Refusal in Reporting Medication Errors from the Viewpoints of Nursing Students in Arak University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Reporting medication errors leads to saving patients' wellbeing and safety and also is counted as a valuable information source for preventing further mistakes in future. The aim of this study was to determine the causes for refusing to report medication errors from the viewpoints of nursing students. Methods: All nursing students of Arak University of Medical Sciences (n=76) wer...