Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the awareness of medication errors among dentists. METHODS: Medication errors are the most common single preventable cause of adverse events in medication practice. We conducted a survey with a sample of sixty dentists. Among them 30 were general dentists (BDS) and 30 were dental specialists (MDS). Questionnaires were distributed to them with questions regarding medication errors and they were asked to fill up the questionnaire. Data was collected and subjected to statistical analysis using Fisher exact and Chi square test. RESULTS: In our study, sixty percent of general dentists and 76.7% of dental specialists were aware about the components of medication error. Overall 66.7% of the respondents in each group marked wrong duration as the dispensing error. Almost thirty percent of the general dentists and 56.7% of the dental specialists felt that technologic advances could accomplish diverse task in reducing medication errors. This was of suggestive statistical significance with a P value of 0.069. CONCLUSION: Medication errors compromise patient confidence in the health-care system and increase health-care costs. Overall, the dental specialists were more knowledgeable than the general dentists about the Medication errors.
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