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Factors causing medication errors in an electronic reporting system

AIM: To analyse medication error data from a hospital's electronic reporting system and identify the factors affecting error types and harmfulness. DESIGN: A retrospective study. METHODS: The 805 near misses and adverse events reported to the hospital's electronic reporting system between...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Seonhee, Sohng, Kyeongyae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8510738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34392612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1038
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description AIM: To analyse medication error data from a hospital's electronic reporting system and identify the factors affecting error types and harmfulness. DESIGN: A retrospective study. METHODS: The 805 near misses and adverse events reported to the hospital's electronic reporting system between January 2014 and December 2018 were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi‐square tests and logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 632 near misses and 173 adverse events were reported. Near misses and adverse events were the most common error type during the dispensing stage and medication administration, respectively. The odds of medication errors reported by nurses with 1–9 years of clinical experience were relatively low. After adjusting for confounders, the odds of medication errors directly observed by nurses were 65% lower than the odds of medication errors not directly detected. In clinical practice, nurses must be educated about errors in reporting depending on their degree of clinical experience.
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spelling pubmed-85107382021-10-18 Factors causing medication errors in an electronic reporting system Yoon, Seonhee Sohng, Kyeongyae Nurs Open Research Articles AIM: To analyse medication error data from a hospital's electronic reporting system and identify the factors affecting error types and harmfulness. DESIGN: A retrospective study. METHODS: The 805 near misses and adverse events reported to the hospital's electronic reporting system between January 2014 and December 2018 were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi‐square tests and logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 632 near misses and 173 adverse events were reported. Near misses and adverse events were the most common error type during the dispensing stage and medication administration, respectively. The odds of medication errors reported by nurses with 1–9 years of clinical experience were relatively low. After adjusting for confounders, the odds of medication errors directly observed by nurses were 65% lower than the odds of medication errors not directly detected. In clinical practice, nurses must be educated about errors in reporting depending on their degree of clinical experience. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8510738/ /pubmed/34392612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1038 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8510738/
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