Background: #Medical Errors (ME) are inevitable part of any
health care system and pose a threat to patient safety.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence, forms, consequences and the
underlying factors of ME among nurses in the University Hospital of
Benha and to detect the prevalence of reporting ME and causes of
un-reporting.
Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted
up on 257 nurses. Data were collected during December 2017, using an
English self-administered, anonymous questionnaire sheet.
Results: 36.2% of the studied nurses committed ME, 48.4% of
them committed errors more than once. The most frequent form was giving
wrong dose of medications (35.5%). Tiredness due to excessive overtime
work and inadequate training of the nurses were the mostly reported
underlying factors (62.6% and 39.3% respectively). The prevalence of ME
was significantly higher among junior nurses (P=0.029), those graduated
from nursing school and technical institute of nursing than faculty of
nursing (41.6%, 29.6% and 16.7% respectively) (P=0.017), among single,
widowed and divorced nurses than married ones (81.2%, 60%, 50% and 32.5%
respectively) (P< 0.001). Also, it was higher among Nurses of work
experience < 10 years (51.9%) compared with those of 20-30 or more
years (33.3% and 30.2% respectively) (P=0.024). One third (33.3%) of
nurses who committed ME did not report it. Fear of legal issues was the
most common cause of un- reporting (80%).
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