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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
ISSN: 1596-5996
EISSN: 1596-5996
Vol. 9, No. 4, 2010, pp. 401-407
Bioline Code: pr10048
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2010, pp. 401-407

 en Medication administration errors involving paediatric in-patients in a hospital in Ethiopia
Feleke, Yemisirach & Girma, Biniyam

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the type and frequency of medication administration errors (MAEs) in the paediatric ward of Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH), Jimma, Oromia Region, southwestern Ethiopia.
Methods: A prospective case-based observational study was performed. The required data were collected by observing the health professionals and attendants in charge of administering medications to in-patients in the three units of the paediatric ward of JUSH from February 18 to March 2, 2009.
Results: A total of 196 (89.9 %) MAEs were identified from the 218 observations made. From these, 178 (90.8 %) occurred with intravenous (IV) bolus medications while 16 (8.2 %) of them pertained to oral medications. The most frequent of the MAEs observed was wrong time error with 55 errors or 28.1 % of the total, while 52 (26.5 %) were dose errors and 42 (21.4 %) were due to drugs omitted during drug administration. Furthermore, wrong administration technique errors and unauthorized drug errors were 41 (20.9 %) and 6 (3.1 %), respectively. The drug mostly associated with error was gentamicin with 29 errors (31.2 %).
Conclusion: During the study, a high frequency of error was observed. There is a need to modify the way information is handled and shared by professionals as wrong time error was the most implicated error. Attention should also be given to IV medication administration with special emphasis on gentamicin, ampicillin, cloxacillin and crystalline penicillin.

Keywords
Medication administration error, Omission error, Wrong dose, Wrong administration technique, Unauthorized drug

 
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