Incidence of various medication errors in pediatrics in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Medication errors in pediatrics are an important cause of iatrogenic disease in hospital patients [1]. Despite this, studies regarding the medication errors in India are very few. Aims: To determine the incidence and type of errors in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 4 months. Material and methods: It is a prospective observational study. Medication errors were documented instandard reporting forms from April 2018 to July 2018. Main outcome measures were incidence and types of medication errors in pediatrics. Results: The medication error was 1 per 9.5 patients i.e, 10.5%. The dispensing errors and clerical errors constituted 66.04% of all errors. Maximum medication error was found under the age of 2 years (49.07%). Incorrect IV infusion rate was 24.90% followed by prescribing incorrect dose 21.97%. Most common drugs implicated in medication errors were IV fluids followed by IV antibiotics. Conclusion: Adequate number of staff and electronic mode of prescription and compulsory documentation of errors will reduce iatrogenic errors significantly.
Authors and Affiliations
Chandra Deve Varma BSK, Balaji Bhusan Patnaik, Ratakonda Sruthi, Gangavaram sravan kumar Reddy, V. Venkatesh, Jogi satyasree
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- DOI 10.17511/ijpr.2018.9.02
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