Likelihood of reporting medication errors in hospitalized children: a survey of nurses and physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalized children are at risk of medication errors (MEs) due to complex dosage calculations and preparations. Incident reporting systems may facilitate prevention of MEs but underreporting potentially undermines this system. We aimed to examine whether scenarios involving medications should be reported to a national mandatory incident reporting system and the likelihood of self- and peer-reporting these scenarios among paediatric nurses and physicians.

Methods

Participants' reporting of MEs was explored through a questionnaire involving 20 medication scenarios. The scenarios represented different steps in the medication process, types of error, patient outcomes and medications. Reporting rates and odds ratios with 95% confidence interval [OR, (95% CI)] were ca

SUBMITTER: Rishoej RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810853 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature