Magnitude of medication administration error and associated factors in adult intensive care units of federally administered public hospitals in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 2019.
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2019-06
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Addis Abeba University
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Introduction: Medications are the basis of care provision. Despite the best effort, increased use
of technology and high standards of invasive and non- invasive monitoring in critical care,
medication errors continue to occur even at the best centers worldwide.
Objective: To assess magnitude of medication administration error and associated factors in
adult intensive care units of federally administered public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, April 4April
27,
2019
GC.
Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was used. A probability sampling method
specifically simple random sampling was employed to collect data.
Result: Based on this study medication administration error in federally administered public
hospitals adult intensive care unit of Addis Ababa city was 61.1% with the most frequent error of
technical error (59.7%), followed by wrong time (52.3%) and documentation error (24.8%).
Nurse to patient ratio, shift of medication administration, polypharmacy and nurse experience
were associated factors with medication administration error.
Conclusion and recommendation: In conclusion medication administration errors in adult
intensive care unit of federally administered public hospital of Addis Ababa were highly
prevalent. Medication administration protocol and procedure, training for new staff and making
nurse to patient ratio one to one were recommended.
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Medication error, ICU