introduction: medication errors are among the most serious health errors threatening patient safety in all countries, with major impacts on public health. midwives as members of healthcare systems are prone to such errors. therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine medication errors and the contributing factors among midwives working in maternity units of mashhad university of medical scie...

background about one third of unwanted reported medication consequences are due to medication errors, resulting in one-fifth of hospital injuries. objectives the aim of this study was determined formal and informal medication errors of nurses and the level of importance of factors in refusal to report medication errors among nurses. patients and methods the cross-sectional study was done on the...

medical errors are unintentional acts that take place due to the negligence or lead to undesirable consequences in medical practice. the purpose of this study was to design a conceptual model for medical error reporting system. this applied descriptive cross-sectional research employed delphi method carried out from 2012 to 2013. the study population was medical and paramedical personnel of hea...

Introduction: Medication errors are among the most serious health errors threatening patient safety in all countries, with major impacts on public health. Midwives as members of healthcare systems are prone to such errors. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine medication errors and the contributing factors among midwives working in maternity units of Mashhad University of Medical Scie...

Background and Objectives: Not reporting medication errors by the clinical staff prevent identification of type and frequency of these errors, and thereby developing effective strategies to alleviate the problem. Most investigation of barriers to medication error reporting comes from public hospitals. This study aimed to explore the issue from a nurse’s perspective in private hospital. Methods...