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- Title
Occurrence and types of drug errors in voluntary reported incidents at a tertiary hospital in Jordan.
- Authors
El-Dahiyat, Faris; Hammour, Khawla Abu; Manaseer, Qusai; Allan, Aya; Rimmawi, Yafa; Maaitah, Ola
- Abstract
Objectives: Drug incident reports may help organization avoid drug errors and enhance patient outcomes. Therefore, the goal of this research is to, using a voluntary, non-punitive reporting strategy, determine the number, origin, type, and severity of reported medication events at Jordan University Hospital (JUH). Methods: The quality division in the JUH provided all reports submitted between June/2020-Decemebr/2021 for review. To gather all the necessary information, a comprehensive content analysis was conducted. The SPSS version 20 program was used to anonymously code the data and conduct the analysis. Results: A total of 74 reports of medication errors involved mistakes in the administration, prescribing, and dispensing of medications. More than half (56.8%) of those reports came from the surgical department and the intensive care units. Anti-infective, antiviral, antifungal, and chemotherapeutic medicines were the pharmacological classes most frequently linked to those reports (49.2%). Most of the errors (85.2%) happened during the administration process, where missed dosages and improper scheduling were responsible for almost half (48.6%) of the reported occurrences. The majority of incidents that were recorded reached the patient, but they didn't hurt them. Conclusion: the study's results indicated a low percentage of reported incidents. The majority of them didn't cause harm to them.
- Subjects
JORDAN; MEDICAL care use; ANTIFUNGAL agents; INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine); MEDICATION errors; ACADEMIC medical centers; UNNECESSARY surgery; CONTENT analysis; DRUG administration; TERTIARY care; OVERTREATMENT; ANTI-infective agents; ANTIVIRAL agents; CANCER chemotherapy; UNDERTREATMENT; INTENSIVE care units; DATA analysis software; MEDICAL incident reports
- Publication
Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655), 2024, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1885-642X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18549/PharmPract.2024.1.2935