Priorities in the Prevention Strategies for Medication Error Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method.

ABSTRACT: As medication error is inherently "preventable", we should try to minimize errors to improve patient safety and quality of care. The aim of this study was to prioritize strategies to prevent medication errors using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. The hierarchy structure consisted of three stages: goal of the decision, decision criteria, and alternatives. Ten experts of patient safety research or clinical pharmacology compared each pair of criteria and alternatives and assigned a nine-point numerical scale. We used the eigenvector method to aggregate the pairwise comparisons obtained from experts and to estimate the weights of each criterion and alternative. Among the decision criteria, system improvement in reporting was the most preferred criterion, followed by cultural impro

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8950160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature