Medication Errors and Error Chains Involving High-Alert Medications in a Paediatric Hospital Setting: A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Reported Medication Safety Incidents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paediatric patients are prone to medication errors, but an in-depth understanding of errors involving high-alert medications remains limited.

Objective

We aimed to investigate incident reports involving high-alert medications to describe medication errors, error chains and stages of the medication management and use process where the errors occur in paediatric hospitals.

Methods

A retrospective document analysis of self-reported medication safety incidents in a paediatric university hospital in 2018-20. The incident reports involving high-alert medications were investigated using an inductive qualitative content analysis and quantified (frequencies and percentages). A systems approach to medication risk management based on the Theory of Human Error was appl

SUBMITTER: Kuitunen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature