ArticleBMC research notes2019
Medication prescribing errors among hospitalized pediatric patients at Nekemte Referral Hospital, western Ethiopia: cross-sectional study.
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- Global Prevalence and Associated Factors of Medication Errors in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Review
- Clinical Factors Associated With Patterns of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Hospitalized Patients in Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study.BioMed research international · 2026Observational
- The impact of patient information on prescribing errors: Insights from pharmaceutical interventions.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Article
- An Assessment of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Patients in Three Hospitals in Freetown Sierra Leone: Findings and Implications for a Low-Income Country.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2024Article
- Inappropriate use of antibiotics and its predictors in pediatric patients admitted at the Central Hospital of Nampula, Mozambique.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022Article
- Errors in Antimicrobial Prescription and Administration in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates at a Tertiary South African Hospital.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Medication Error and Its Contributing Factors Among Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with Infectious Diseases Admitted to Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveIncidence and clinical outcomes of medication prescribing errors are common and potentially more harmful in the pediatric population than in the adult population. Hence, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence and types of medication prescribing errors in the pediatric wards of Nekemte Referral Hospital (NRH).
resultsOf 384 pediatric patients included in the study, 241 (63%) were males and 116 (30.21%) of them were aged between 1-3 years. About 241 (62.76%) of the patients were treated based on empirical diagnosis and only 10 (2.60%) pediatrics had co-morbid disease. The most category of medication prescribing error was dosing error 251 (48.6%) followed by incorrect drug selection 98 (19.0%). Being critically ill (AOR = 5.31, 95% CI = 1.80-12.31, p = 0.003), route of administration via IV (AOR = 3.98, 95% CI = 1.85-11.15, p = 0.011) and via IV + IM route (AOR = 2.22, 95% CI = 1.05-9.25, p = 0.045) as well as 4-6 medications per patient (AOR = 3.10, 95% CI = 3.43-12.42, p = 0.012) and > 6 medications per patient (AOR = 7.23, 95% CI = 3.91-21.45, p < 0.001) were independent predictors of medication prescribing errors. Antibiotics were the most common classes of drugs responsible for prescribing errors.
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