Primary anesthesia provider characteristics and risk factors for intraoperative medication errors: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraoperative medication errors, although uncommon, can result in considerable patient harm. Evidence remains limited regarding anesthesia provider-level and perioperative risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate whether anesthesia provider characteristics-particularly experience level and team composition-are statistically associated with intraoperative medication errors after multivariable adjustment.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study of 100,093 surgical cases managed under anesthesia at a university-affiliated tertiary hospital in Japan between August 2011 and December 2023. Data were extracted from an electronic anesthesia record system linked to institutional medical records. Medication errors were mainly identified through anesthesi

SUBMITTER: Ikeda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817502 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature