Assessing barriers to medical errors reporting the view point of nurses in selected hospitals of Ahvaz

Background and Objective: Learning from errors through error reporting leads to changes in hospital processes and improved health outcomes. Therefore, this study examines assessing barriers to medical errors reporting the view point of nurses in selected hospitals of Ahvaz. Materials and Methods: The current study is descriptive analysis research. The statistical population included all the nurses working in Golestan Educational and Medical Hospital, Amirul AL-Mominin Hospital, and Aria Hospital. The total sample size was calculated with the help of the Morgan table of 256 nurses, and 136, 79, and 41 nurses were selected separately from three hospitals. Data collection was done with the help of Anderson's questionnaire on barriers to reporting medical errors. Quantitative data analysis was done using SPSS version 23 software. Results: The results showed that legal factors are the most important factor in not reporting medical errors. Fear of reprimanding, high volume of work, being exposed to accusations, and creating extra work for the individual were the most important legal, cultural and organizational, regulatory and financial regulations factors, respectively. Also, the results showed that the nurses of Golestan and Amir AL-Mominin public hospitals stated legal factors and the nurses of Aria Private Hospital stated financial factors as the most important factors in not reporting medical errors. Conclusion: Effective communication and sufficient support of managers from nurses with the existence of an efficient error reporting system and the effective use of the obtained reports are effective in increasing medical error reporting.