Medication Safety Event Reporting: Factors That Contribute to Safety Events During Times of Organizational Stress.

Tara N CohenCarl T BerdahlBernice L ColemanEdward G SeferianAndrew J HenreidDonna W LeangTeryl K Nuckols

Published in: Journal of nursing care quality (2023)

Skill-based errors were the most common contributing factors for medication safety events during a COVID-19 surge. Reporters rarely deemed events to be related to COVID-19, despite the tremendous strain of the surge on nurses. Future efforts to improve the utility of incident reports should emphasize the importance of describing work system factors.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
coronavirus disease
sars cov
healthcare
cardiovascular disease
mental health
type diabetes
emergency department
stress induced
current status