ArticleNursing research and practice2021
Medication Administration Error Reporting and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Factors influencing patient safety incident reporting in African healthcare organisations: a systematic integrative review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Patient safety incident reporting systems and reporting practices in African healthcare organisations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open quality · 2025Pooled it
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- Factors associated with not reporting medication administration errors among critical care nurses in Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Prevalence of medication administration errors and its determinants among nurses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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- Medication Administration Error Reporting Among Nurses: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2025Article
- Knowledge and Performance on Intravenous Medication Administration to Patients: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Among Nurses of Nepal.Nursing open · 2024Observational
- The Dispensing Error Rate in an App-Based, Semaglutide-Supported Weight-Loss Service: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Estimating Proportion and Barriers of Medication Error Reporting Among Nurses in Hail City, Saudi Arabia: Implications for Improving Patient Safety.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Magnitude and Predictors of Medication Administration Errors Among Nurses in Public Hospitals in Northeastern Ethiopia.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMedication administration error is one of the most common errors that occur when a discrepancy occurs between the drugs received by the patient and the drug intended by the prescriber. A lot of studies were conducted on medication administration error. But there were a few studies on whether those medication administration errors are reported or not among nurses in Ethiopia. So this study is aimed at assessing the magnitude of medication administration error reporting and the associated factors among nurses.
objectivesTo assess the magnitude of reported medication administration error and associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals, Ethiopia.
methodsAn institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed from March to April 2019. Simple random sampling technique was used. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were entered using EpiData version 3.1 and descriptive analysis, bivariate, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out using SPSS version 21 software.
resultsThe magnitude of medication administration error reporting was found to be 37.9%. Being female [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.91; confidence interval (CI) (1.45-5.85)]; belief that errors should not be reported [AOR = .3; CI (.15-.61)]; having work experience of greater than 15 years [AOR = 3.4; CI (1.11-13.85)]; having bachelor science degree [AOR = 3.27; CI (1.61-6.66)]; and caring for greater than 10 patients [(AOR = .4; CI (.16-.96)] were factors associated with nurses medication administration error reporting.
conclusionThe magnitude of medication administration error reporting among nurses was found to be low. To increase medication administration error reporting, efforts should be made to change the attitude of nurses on the belief that errors should be reported, retaining staffs that have longer experience, upgrading staffs educational status, and limiting the number of patients cared by a single nurse.
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