Abstract
Background: Medication errors in pediatrics are an important cause of iatrogenic disease in hospital patients[1]. Despite this, studies regarding the medication errors in India are very few. Aims: To determine the incidence and type of errors in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 4 months. Material and methods: It is a prospective observational study. Medication errors were documented instandard reporting forms from April 2018 to July 2018. Main outcome measures were incidence and types of medication errors in pediatrics. Results:The medication error was 1 per 9.5 patients i.e, 10.5%.The dispensing errors and clerical errors constituted 66.04% of all errors. Maximum medication error was found under the age of 2 years (49.07%). Incorrect IV infusion rate was 24.90% followed by prescribing incorrect dose 21.97%. Most common drugs implicated in medication errors were IV fluids followed by IV antibiotics. Conclusion: Adequate number of staff and electronic mode of prescription and compulsory documentation of errors will reduce iatrogenic errors significantly.
Highlights
The united states pharmacopeia defines medication errors as any preventable event that may cause or lead to an inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication use or patient harm while the medication is in control of the healthcare professional, patient or consumer [1,2]
In the past 10 years, medication errors have come to be recognized as an important cause of iatrogenic disease in hospital patients [4,5,6,7]
Noncompliance and iatrogenic errors in medication is an important cause of treatment failure [8,9,10]
Summary
The united states pharmacopeia defines medication errors as any preventable event that may cause or lead to an inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication use or patient harm while the medication is in control of the healthcare professional, patient or consumer [1,2]. In the past 10 years, medication errors have come to be recognized as an important cause of iatrogenic disease in hospital patients [4,5,6,7]. Noncompliance and iatrogenic errors in medication is an important cause of treatment failure [8,9,10]. In developing countries, it is compounded by overcrowding, poverty, ignorance [11]. Errors may occur may occur and wrong drug or dose be given to patient. Medication errors in pediatrics are an important cause of iatrogenic disease in hospital patients [1]. Conclusion: Adequate number of staff and electronic mode of prescription and compulsory documentation of errors will reduce iatrogenic errors significantly
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