Nurses’ identification and reporting of medication errors (original) (raw)

Aims and objectivesTo investigate hospital nurses’ involvement in the identification and reporting of medication errors in Turkey.BackgroundMedication safety is an international priority, and medication error identification and reporting are essential for patient safety.DesignA descriptive survey design consistent with the STROBE guidelines was used.MethodsThe participants were 135 nurses employed in a university hospital in Turkey. The survey instrument included 18 sample cases and respondents identified whether errors had been made and how they should be reported. Descriptive statistics were analysed using the chi‐square and Fisher's exact tests.ResultsThe sample case of “Patient given 10 mg morphine sulphate instead of 1.0 mg of morphine sulphate” was defined as a medication error by 97% of respondents, whereas the sample case of “Omitting oral/IV antibiotics because of the need to take the patient out for X‐rays for 3 hr” was defined as a medication error by only 32.1%. It w...