Abstract
Medication errors, including overdose and underdose, have a significant impact on patients and the medical economy. We need to prevent or avoid recurring medication errors. Therefore, we conducted a survey to identify medication and prescription background risk factors contributing to the administration of medication by nurses. This study surveyed cases of medication administration errors. This study was conducted at Higashinagoya National Hospital from April 1, 2018, to October 31, 2019. Patients’ backgrounds and medication and prescription background risk factors were investigated. Three control cases were randomly selected for each medication error case. We defined the group of medication error cases as the medication error group and the group of control cases as the no-medication-error group. A logistic regression analysis was performed for factors related to medication errors. A total of 202 patients were included in the medication error group. The median age and number of medications were 78 years and 7, respectively. A total of 606 cases were included in the no-medication-error group. The median age and number of medications were 77 years and 6, respectively. The factors that exhibited a relationship with the medication error group were the number of administrations per day, dosing frequency on indicated days, prescription and start dates were the same, medications from multiple prescriptions, and continuous use of a medication received prior to admission. This study identified existing medication and prescription background risk factors. Overlapping risk factors from these groups might contribute to medication administration errors. Therefore, reviewing these factors is necessary to avoid recurring medication administration errors.
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