International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp: (49-56), Month: October 2022 - March 2023, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Medication Errors and Strategies to Prevention of them from Nurses, Pharmacists and Nursing Student Viewpoint Yasir Ahmed 1, Ghadeer Faisal Almutairi2, Kholoud Nasser Alrami3, Lulwah Abdullah Al Bekairi4, Fatima Obaid alkharji5, Wael Ahmed Al Harbi6, Abdullah Saud Aldugim7, Raed Abdulaziz Alkhayyal8, Abdulrahman Zaed AlMutairi 9 1
Corresponding Author, Quality officer, KFMC,Riyadh ,KSA 2 3 4
Senior pharmacist, Pharmacy Dept, KFMC, Riyadh .KSA Senior pharmacist , Pharmacy Dept ,KFMC, Riyadh .KSA 5
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Pharmacist, Pharmacy Dept, KFMC, Riyadh .KSA
Pharmacist II , Pharmacy Dept ,KFMC, Riyadh .KSA
Senior pharmacist , Pharmacy Dept ,KFMC, Riyadh .KSA
Assistant pharmacist , Pharmacy Dept ,KFMC, Riyadh .KSA 8
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Advisor -MOH, MOH KFMC, Riyadh .KSA
Head of Al Ambulatory pharmacy section, Pharmacy Dept, KFMC, Riyadh .KSA DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7221046
Published Date: 18-October-2022
Abstract: Introduction and objective: Medication errors as a serious problem in the world and one of the most common medical errors that can endanger patient safety and even cause the death of them . The aim of this study was to examine the causes of medication errors and strategies to avoid them from the point of view of nurses and nursing students. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 327 Pharmacy staff of KFMC and 62 nursing interns at School of Nursing ,KSA, enrolled to the availability sampling in 2015. The Data was collected from the valid and Questionnaire reliable. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA using SPSS16 software. were applied Results: The results showed that the most common causes of medication errors in nursing care are fatigue due to heavy workload were (97.8%), and in students of nursing were Medicines calculation, (77.4%) The more important way for prevention, according to nurses and nursing students, was to relieve the work pressure by a proportional increase to reduce staff to the number and status of Patients and also Creating a unit as Medicine bill. Conclusion: Based on the results, the nursing managers are recommended to solve the staffing problem, offer workshops and on-the-job training about preparation medication, secondary effects of drugs and knowledge pharmacological. Use Electronics Medications Cards es a measurement das Reduced drug errors. Keywords: drugs mistakes, nurse, nursing students, prevention, strategies, point of view.
I. INTRODUCTION Some health problems in today's world, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, addiction and diabetes, are associated with lifestyle changes and in turn lead to drug use (Arbabisarjou, Robabi, 2015 ). Medication errors are the most common medical errors that can occur as inappropriate use of the drug at any stage of drug prescription to patients (Fontan
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