Medication Administration Errors: A study of frequency and contributing factors among nurses working at tertiary care hospitals

摘要

Objective: To determine the frequency and contributing factors of medication administration errors among nurses in a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration: At Dr Ruth K M Pfau Civil Hospital and Dow University Hospital, Karachi, from the 1 st January to 31st July 2018. Methodology: Hospital based study was carried out on 204 nurses from both gender who have at least one year working experience through a Pre-tested questionnaire. Data related to different relevant demographic characteristics of study participants and factors contributing to medication administration errors were assessed. Results: Among a total of 204 subjects studied, 52% of them were male and majority (82.3%) of them were below 35 years of age. The frequency of medication administration errors was found 81.9%. The variables which were found to have significantly associated with MAEs include Patients’ gender (p-value=0.047) and working area i.e. wards of the nurses seemed to be statistically significant with medication administration errors (p-value 0.001). Conclusion: Medication administration errors are prevalent having significant association with gender of the patients and working area (wards) of the nurses with medication administration errors.