Analysis of medication consultation networks and reporting medication errors: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine characteristics of verbal consultation about medication within social networks of hospital inpatient medication system, and their associations with medication error reporting.

Method

The setting was a 90-bed provincial district hospital with 4 wards, 7 physicians, 5 pharmacists, 44 nurses, 5 pharmacist assistants, and 4 unskilled ancillary workers. A mixed method comprising (i) a prospective observational study for investigating incidences and the nature of reporting medication errors, and (ii) a social network analysis for patterns of interaction.

Results

Out of 5296 prescriptions, 132 medication errors were reported during the one month study period: an incidence rate of 2.5%. Every incident of medication errors was formally documented through

SUBMITTER: Janmano P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5872530 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature