Moving Toward Safer Practice

Lefrak, Linda

doi:10.1097/00005237-200209000-00007

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“…Approximately 35% of the respondents stated that they reported fewer than 50% of near-misses in prescribing. Lefrak [ 22 ] argued that the nonreporting of near-misses deprives health professionals of a learning opportunity, and leads to future harm. Therefore, the reporting rate still needs to be improved.…”

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“…A qualitative study in a UK ICU found that all interviewees felt that more feedback on medication errors would be helpful. [ 28 ] This sentiment was shared by Lefrak [ 22 ] and by the physicians and nurses surveyed by Taylor et al [ 23 ] The goal of feedback is not to point out who was at fault, but to provide a chance to share experiences to prevent medication errors from reoccurring.…”

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Perception of reporting medication errors including near-misses among Korean hospital pharmacists

Kang

Park

et al. 2017

Medicine

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Medication errors threaten patient safety by requiring admission, readmission, and/or a longer hospital stay, and can even be fatal. Near-misses indicate the potential for medication errors to have occurred. Therefore, reporting near-misses is a first step in preventing medication errors. The aim of this study was to estimate the reporting rate of near-misses among pharmacists in Korean hospitals, and to identify the factors that contributed to reporting medication errors.We surveyed 245 pharmacists from 32 hospital pharmacies for medication errors, including near-misses. We asked them to describe their experiences of near-misses in dispensing, administration, and prescribing, and to indicate the percentage of near-misses that they reported. Additionally, we asked questions related to the perception of medication errors and barriers to reporting medication errors. These questions were grouped into 4 categories: protocol and methods of reporting, incentives and protections for reporters, attitude related to reporting, and fear. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were conducted to analyze the data.Five or more near-misses per month were experienced by 14.8%, 4.3%, and 43.9% of respondents for dispensing, administration, and prescribing errors, respectively. The percentages of respondents who stated that they reported all near-misses involving dispensing errors, administration errors, and prescribing errors were 43.7%, 57.4%, and 37.1%, respectively. Unclear reporting protocols and the absence of harm done to patients were significant factors contributing to the failure to report medication errors (P < .05).Advances can still be made in the frequency of reporting near-misses. Clear and standardized policies and procedures are likely to increase the reporting rates.

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Perception of reporting medication errors including near-misses among Korean hospital pharmacists

Kang

Park

et al. 2017

Medicine

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“…Many errors that caused by a lack of knowledge among nurses are as to how medication orders should be implemented and how administration should occur (Anoosheh et al, 2007;Lefrak, 2002). All nurses in the context of understanding and expression of concepts in the field of pharmacology are in trouble (Manias & Bullock, 2002).…”

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Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

Soltanian

Molazem

Mohammadi

et al. 2016

GJHS

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Background: Safety maintenance and prevention of damage to patients caused by errors in nursing have a special importance, and a lack of sufficient attention to the correct principles of drug administration can lead to the patient' health threats and reducing safety.The administration of drugs is complex and influenced by many factors, particularly in pediatric wards; thus, the present study aimed to explain pediatric nurses' experiences on obstacles to safe drug administration. Methods:In this study, the qualitative approach and content analysis method were used. Twenty pediatric nurses involved in medication administration were selected for participation using purposive sampling. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Using continuous analysis, data collection and comparison were performed at the same time.Results: From the data analysis, 4 main themes were extracted. Working pressure, lack of drug resources, insufficient colleague performance, and lack of experience and knowledge in drug administration were four main themes obtained from study. Conclusion:Care managers can identify obstacles to safe medication administration to improve patient safety. For which necessary measures must be taken to remove them and to enhance patient safe care provided by nurses.

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ELM Feature Selection and SOM Data Visualization for Nursing Survey Datasets

Farag

Björk

et al. 2020

Proceedings in Adaptation, Learning and Optimization

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Moving Toward Safer Practice

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Perception of reporting medication errors including near-misses among Korean hospital pharmacists

Perception of reporting medication errors including near-misses among Korean hospital pharmacists

Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

ELM Feature Selection and SOM Data Visualization for Nursing Survey Datasets

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