Refusing to report the medication errors observed in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences during 2014–2015

Abstract

The purpose of this study was evaluation of effects of healthcare reform on refusing the medication errors report by nurses of educational hospital affiliated to Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences during 2014-2015. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Razi, Golestan and Emam teaching hospital of Ahvaz (a tertiary-care hospital) in the southwest of Iran. The present study was a cross-sectional study. Data about the demographic characteristics and reasons not reporting medication errors from three main educational hospital of Ahvaz were collected. Results: After processing data, the results showed 61% of medication errors report by them. Based on our result, the highest reason for refusing the medication errors observed because of fear from reporting consequences. The results of the present study showed that the most important reasons for refusing the medication errors report by nurses were related to factors related to the fear of the consequences of reporting 3.72 ± 1.532, factors related to the process of reporting were 3.50 ± 0.753 and the managerial factors 3.12 ± 1.286, respectively. Conclusion: Regarding the etiology of medication errors, Escherichia coli were the most frequent pathogen. The finding of this study showed that the encouraging hospital managers to give a positive response to them, encouraging nurses to reporting errors without any stress and paying attention to local standards can be reduce number of medication errors.

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“…One of the most important risk factors for complications of diabetes, including foot ulcers, is lack of blood sugar control, the standard criterion for which is long term measurement of HbA1C. Previous studies have shown that if the HbA1C level is increased by 2%, the risk of ulcers increases 1.6 times and the chance of amputation increases 1.5 times [18,19]. Umar Farooque et al showed that the older age, male gender, longer duration of DM, increased HbA1c, and previously existing foot abnormalities in diabetic patients has the risk factors of diabetic foot.…”

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“…Ahvaz city, the capital of Khuzestan Province, with a population of approximately 1 million and an area of 8152 square kilometers, is located between 48°and 49°29′ east of the Greenwich meridian and, 31°and 45′ minutes north of the equator. [54][55][56][57][58] Razi Hospital is a tertiarycare hospital with 220 beds, and is located in the center of Ahvaz. The location of the study area is shown in Fig.…”

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