Abstract
Context: Medication administration errors is continuous problem in hospitals and occur too frequently, error is unavoidable human action, since medication treatment is a risky procedure that deal with human live therefore error in this process can lead to dangerous consequences on patient well-being, traditionally nurses were blamed for those errors and considered as malpractice action since medication treatment is manly performed by nurses. Objectives: The current study examines the conditions that influence medication error in the perspective systemic approach. Methods: reviewing medication error contributing conditions topic is outlined, exploiting different perspective of how error occurs in medication process. Results and conclusion: the present study concluded that system approach permit a comprehensive set of contributing conditions underlying medication error to be recognize and addressed, rather than just adopt individual centered approach, Future studies should examine underlying conditions, in the perception of work practice environment conditions, team work conditions, task related conditions and individual conditions. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p403
Highlights
In the healthcare industry, the process of medication treatment is essential phase in process of providing medical services; it is the most medical practice in hospitals (Armitage & Knapman, 2003; Tang, Sheu, Yu, Wei, & Chen, 2007)
The aim of this article is to discuss the prospective of medication error in the healthcare industry, exploiting different approaches that analysis error process in the healthcare system, comparing their perspectives and noting common criticism to determine the appropriate approach to deal with medication error, and presenting conclusions, implications, and future research directions
Medication error is described as any error or a mistake in the stages of performing medication treatment to the patient (Chang & Mark, 2011)
Summary
The process of medication treatment is essential phase in process of providing medical services; it is the most medical practice in hospitals (Armitage & Knapman, 2003; Tang, Sheu, Yu, Wei, & Chen, 2007). The rising numbers of medication error will increase the strain on healthcare authority to continue improving their safety procedure to keep the medication error in the lowest levels. Most of initiative that dealt with those errors has persistently reacted in an individual and punitive procedures (Dean, B., Schachter, M., Vincent, C., & Barber, N, 2002; Heimbeck, Frese, Sonnentag, & Keith, 2003; Keith & Frese, 2005). Despite of those strategies, the pace of medication errors rate has been elevated in the recent years The aim of this article is to discuss the prospective of medication error in the healthcare industry, exploiting different approaches that analysis error process in the healthcare system, comparing their perspectives and noting common criticism to determine the appropriate approach to deal with medication error, and presenting conclusions, implications, and future research directions
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