Observational study on medication administration errors at a University Hospital in Brazil: incidence, nature and associated factors.

Lindemberg Assunção CostaIvellise Costa de SousaRenata Kelly Rodrigues SilvaAna Carla do ValeCharleston Ribeiro PintoJuliana Ferreira Fernandes MachadoCleidenete Gomes ValliLuis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza

Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (2022)

Here, we identified a high total medication administration error rate, the most frequent being technique, wrong time, dose, and omission errors. The factors associated with errors were interruptions, route of administration and workload, which agrees well with the results of other national and international studies.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
patient safety
healthcare
quality improvement
emergency department
risk factors
electronic health record