Patient Safety: The Implementation of Patient Identification in the New Normal

Abstract

Identifying errors at the beginning of the service will have an impact on the errors at the next stage. Nurses have a central role in safe drug delivery. This study aimed to determine the implementation of patient identification. The research used descriptive analytic with a cross-sectional approach. A total of 134 nurses was selected to be the samples trough purposive sampling at a hospital in Temanggung Regency. The data were collected using questionnaires and observation sheets. The data were analyzed using a frequency distribution. The results showed that the application of patient identification was categorized as low (<100%). Nurses need to improve the implementation of patient identification according to standards so that it will improve the quality of services that focus on patient safety.