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Addressing medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia: A qualitative study

OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of strategies that could help in minimizing medication errors during healthcare delivery. We undertook a qualitative study to identify recommended solutions to minimize medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia from the perspectives of healthc...

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Autores principales: Alharbi, Waleed, Cleland, Jennifer, Morrison, Zoe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31297019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2019.03.007
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description OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of strategies that could help in minimizing medication errors during healthcare delivery. We undertook a qualitative study to identify recommended solutions to minimize medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia from the perspectives of healthcare professionals. METHODS: This was a qualitative study conducted in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. After obtaining the required ethical approvals and written consents from the participants, seven focus group discussions were carried out for data collection. A stratified purposive sampling strategy was used to recruit medical doctors, pharmacists, and nurses. NVivo Pro version 11 was used for data analyses. Inductive content analysis was adopted in the coding of collected data. RESULT: Our study showed that improving organizational support, staff education, and communication could help in minimizing medication errors in the adult oncology department. CONCLUSION: The adoption of multiple strategies is required to improve the safety of the medication process in the adult oncology department. We argue that the availability of supportive leadership should be prioritized as it plays a crucial role in determining the effectiveness and efficiency of both staff education and communication.
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spelling pubmed-65982072019-07-11 Addressing medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia: A qualitative study Alharbi, Waleed Cleland, Jennifer Morrison, Zoe Saudi Pharm J Article OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of strategies that could help in minimizing medication errors during healthcare delivery. We undertook a qualitative study to identify recommended solutions to minimize medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia from the perspectives of healthcare professionals. METHODS: This was a qualitative study conducted in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. After obtaining the required ethical approvals and written consents from the participants, seven focus group discussions were carried out for data collection. A stratified purposive sampling strategy was used to recruit medical doctors, pharmacists, and nurses. NVivo Pro version 11 was used for data analyses. Inductive content analysis was adopted in the coding of collected data. RESULT: Our study showed that improving organizational support, staff education, and communication could help in minimizing medication errors in the adult oncology department. CONCLUSION: The adoption of multiple strategies is required to improve the safety of the medication process in the adult oncology department. We argue that the availability of supportive leadership should be prioritized as it plays a crucial role in determining the effectiveness and efficiency of both staff education and communication. Elsevier 2019-07 2019-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6598207/ /pubmed/31297019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2019.03.007 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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