ArticleMateria socio-medica2015
INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS AND THEIR CAUSES IN CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE UNITS IN IRAN.
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- Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2019Pooled it
- Evaluation of Intravenous Administration of Anti-Infective Agents and Documentation Quality in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery: A Quantitative Study on Discrepancies Between Physician Prescriptions and Nursing Records.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Intravenous medication administration practices: insights into knowledge, attitude, and behavior of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in Pakistan.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Attributes of errors, facilitators, and barriers related to rate control of IV medications: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Experience of Nurses with Intravenous Fluid Monitoring for Patient Safety: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Analysis of IV Drugs in the Hospital Workflow by Raman Spectroscopy: The Case of Piperacillin and Tazobactam.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Medication Errors and Their Relationship with Care Complexity and Work Dynamics.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe dangerous events caused by medication errors are one of the main challenges faced in critical care units. The present study was conducted to determine the frequency of intravenous medication administration errors and their causes in cardiac critical care units in Iran. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe present descriptive study was conducted in the critical care units (CCUs and cardiac surgery intensive care units) of 12 teaching hospitals. Of the total of 240 nurses working in these departments, 190 participated in the present study. The data collection tools used in this study included the "nurses' demographic data questionnaire", the "patients' medical and demographic data questionnaire" and the "nurses' self-reporting questionnaire about the frequency of intravenous medication administration errors and their causes". The data obtained were analyzed in SPSS-20 using descriptive statistics such as the absolute and relative frequency.
findingsDuring the 2 months in which this study was being conducted, 2542 patients were admitted to these departments and 20240 doses of intravenous medications were administered to these patients. The nurses reported 262 intravenous medication administration errors. The most common intravenous medication error pertained to administering the wrong medication (n=71 and 27.1%). As for the causes of intravenous medication administration errors, 51.5% of the errors were associated with work conditions, 24% with packaging, 13.4% with communication, 9.9% with transcription and 1.2% with pharmacies. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionAccording to the results, strategies are recommended to be adopted for reducing or limiting medication errors, such as building a stronger pharmacology knowledge base in nurses and nursing students, improving work conditions and improving communication between the nurses and physicians.
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