Survey of medication error by nurses self-report in intensive care unit of Imam Khomeini hospital-Tehran
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
The prevalence of medication error has a significant issue related to patient and healthcare system in recent years. The most common medical errors are medication errors that could raise concern about the quality of the health system. This study aimed to determine the type and frequency of medication error by nurses self-reporting in general intensive care unit of Imam Khomeini hospital that took place. Present study is a descriptive type and research society is all nurses working (n=40) in intensive care unit in 2014. The data were collected using questionnaire designed by the researcher then using by descriptive statistic, independent t-test and Kruskal-Wallis test were analyzed. We used SPSS version 20. According to information that obtained in this study the total number of error reported was 1426 and the average was errors per person 47.53.The highest rate of medication errors related to unauthorized drug (23.56 %), monitoring error (19.65 %) and wrong time administration medication. The result of statistical analysis data, indicated significant relationship between gender (p=0.001) and shift work (p=0.03) whit of medication error. This study showed a significant number of medication errors, provided of training programs and performance monitoring of nurses and other healthcare team members, creating error record holding regular system and survey its definitely can be effective. Interventional studies related to error reduction strategies, such as the balance of nurse stuff and patient and changing shift pattern recommended.
Authors and Affiliations
Asad Fathi| Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Masoud Hameh Rezaei| Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Mostafa Mohammadi| Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Imam Khomeini Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Kamal Azam| Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Loghman Barzegar| Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Naseh Headarnezhad| Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Fereshteh Shahmari Golestan| General intensive care unit, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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