Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit

Introduction: Medication error is a global issue. A medication error is one of the medical errors that can result from mild to severe complications which may violate patient safety. A holistic approach is important to prevent medication error includes contributed factor, reporting system and trai...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati, Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Hafiz, Aung, Khin Thandar, Mohamed Ludin, Salizar
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	RT Nursing
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/1/Poster%20UI.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/19/75759%20Abstract.pdf

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spelling	iium-757592019-11-30T14:14:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/ Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Hafiz Aung, Khin Thandar Mohamed Ludin, Salizar RT Nursing Introduction: Medication error is a global issue. A medication error is one of the medical errors that can result from mild to severe complications which may violate patient safety. A holistic approach is important to prevent medication error includes contributed factor, reporting system and training for staffs. Objective: This research sought to determine the pharmacists' perception of medication errors in the intensive care unit. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 132 pharmacists from two hospitals in state of Pahang, Malaysia. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the data. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS and association between variables was analyzed using one way ANOVA and multiple regression tests. Results: The findings show that interruptions (x= 3.40) as the commonest cause of dispensing errors perceived by pharmacists, followed by pharmacists fatigue at any cause (x= 3.20) and pharmacist overwork (x= 3.17). Besides, 51% of participants practice dispensing less than 10 hours per week on average. 54% and 55% of participants believe the increase of risk of error in dispensing and actual errors become more common in pharmacy practice respectively. The results also showed that only level of education has a significant association with possible factors in dispensing medication among the pharmacists at the hospital (P=0.000). Besides, multiple regressions showed no significant relationship between both dependent variables. Conclusion: Most of the pharmacist perceived those possible factors associated with dispensing error. This study suggests that pharmacists should be well informed regarding dispensing error in order to be more alert. Besides, future study should be more specific on pharmacists who assigned to the in-patient department. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/1/Poster%20UI.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/19/75759%20Abstract.pdf Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati and Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Hafiz and Aung, Khin Thandar and Mohamed Ludin, Salizar (2019) Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit. In: The 4th International Conference on Global Health in conjunction with The 7th Asian International Conference on Humanized Health Care, 26th-28th September 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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description	Introduction: Medication error is a global issue. A medication error is one of the medical errors that can result from mild to severe complications which may violate patient safety. A holistic approach is important to prevent medication error includes contributed factor, reporting system and training for staffs. Objective: This research sought to determine the pharmacists' perception of medication errors in the intensive care unit. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 132 pharmacists from two hospitals in state of Pahang, Malaysia. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the data. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS and association between variables was analyzed using one way ANOVA and multiple regression tests. Results: The findings show that interruptions (x= 3.40) as the commonest cause of dispensing errors perceived by pharmacists, followed by pharmacists fatigue at any cause (x= 3.20) and pharmacist overwork (x= 3.17). Besides, 51% of participants practice dispensing less than 10 hours per week on average. 54% and 55% of participants believe the increase of risk of error in dispensing and actual errors become more common in pharmacy practice respectively. The results also showed that only level of education has a significant association with possible factors in dispensing medication among the pharmacists at the hospital (P=0.000). Besides, multiple regressions showed no significant relationship between both dependent variables. Conclusion: Most of the pharmacist perceived those possible factors associated with dispensing error. This study suggests that pharmacists should be well informed regarding dispensing error in order to be more alert. Besides, future study should be more specific on pharmacists who assigned to the in-patient department.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Hafiz Aung, Khin Thandar Mohamed Ludin, Salizar
author_facet	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Hafiz Aung, Khin Thandar Mohamed Ludin, Salizar
author_sort	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati
title	Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
title_short	Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
title_full	Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
title_fullStr	Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed	Pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
title_sort	pharmacists’ perception on medication errors in intensive care unit
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/1/Poster%20UI.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/75759/19/75759%20Abstract.pdf
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