Exploring health professionals’ experiences of medication errors in Saudi Arabia

Tobaiqy, Mansour; Stewart, Derek

doi:10.1007/s11096-013-9781-0

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“…Furthermore, researchers have highlighted the importance of continuing pharmacy educational programmes (22,28,31). As demonstrated in our study, of the pharmacists who had good knowledge, 60% had had more than 40 hours of continuing education in a year.…”

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confidence: 61%

Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Rouf¹,

Thomas²,

Elkassem³

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Rouf¹,

Thomas²,

Elkassem³

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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“…Still, there is a lack of knowledge and incorrect perception among healthcare providers toward medication errors in healthcare institutions. Tobaiqy and Stewart[ 22 ] found that 35 respondents out of 61 participants reported observing 51 errors, and these errors caused patient harm in 14 instances in Saudi Arabia. Of the key barriers to reporting were lack of awareness of the reporting policy, workload, and time constraints associated with reporting and unavailability of the reporting form.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge of healthcare professionals about medication errors in hospitals

Abdel-Latif

2016

J Basic Clin Pharma

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Context:Medication errors are the most common types of medical errors in hospitals and leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients.Aims:The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge of healthcare professionals about medication errors in hospitals.Settings and Design:A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to randomly selected healthcare professionals in eight hospitals in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.Subjects and Methods:An 18-item survey was designed and comprised questions on demographic data, knowledge of medication errors, availability of reporting systems in hospitals, attitudes toward error reporting, causes of medication errors.Statistical Analysis Used:Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software Version 17.Results:A total of 323 of healthcare professionals completed the questionnaire with 64.6% response rate of 138 (42.72%) physicians, 34 (10.53%) pharmacists, and 151 (46.75%) nurses. A majority of the participants had a good knowledge about medication errors concept and their dangers on patients. Only 68.7% of them were aware of reporting systems in hospitals. Healthcare professionals revealed that there was no clear mechanism available for reporting of errors in most hospitals. Prescribing (46.5%) and administration (29%) errors were the main causes of errors. The most frequently encountered medication errors were anti-hypertensives, antidiabetics, antibiotics, digoxin, and insulin.Conclusions:This study revealed differences in the awareness among healthcare professionals toward medication errors in hospitals. The poor knowledge about medication errors emphasized the urgent necessity to adopt appropriate measures to raise awareness about medication errors in Saudi hospitals.

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“…Despite the increase in claims, there is a belief that medical errors are still largely underreported by physicians (8,9). While a need for more transparency in revealing these errors is evident, efforts to understand the reasons behind this increase are not well studied and tend to emphasize the frequency of occurrence of errors without getting health-care workers' perspectives (6,7,10,11).…”

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Physicians’ knowledge and practice towards medical error reporting: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in Saudi Arabia

Alsafi¹,

Baharoon

Ahmed

et al. 2015

Easter Mediterr Health J

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Identifying reasons for under-reporting is crucial in reducing the incidence of medical errors. We studied physicians' knowledge of the occurrence, frequency and causes of medical errors and their actual practice toward reporting them. A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire was answered by 107 physicians at a tertiary-care hospital in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire had 6 sections covering demographic data, knowledge, attitudes and practice towards reporting medical errors, perceived causes of and frequency of medical errors in their hospital and personal experiences of medical error reporting. Physicians tended not to report medical errors when no harm had occurred to patients. One-third of respondents feared punitive actions if they reported errors and only 56.4% felt that error reporting had led to positive changes in overall care. A majority of errors were related to late interventions and misdiagnosis. Under-reporting of medical errors was common in this hospital. Physicians did not appreciate attempts to improve the system of error reporting and a culture of blame still prevailed. RÉSUMÉ L'identification des raisons de la sous-notification est cruciale pour réduire l'incidence des erreurs médicales. Nous avons étudié les connaissances des médecins sur la survenue, la fréquence et les causes des erreurs médicales ainsi que leur pratique réelle en termes de notification. Un autoquestionnaire transversal a été rempli par 107 médecins dans un hôpital de soins tertiaires en Arabie saoudite. Le questionnaire présentait six sections couvrant les données démographiques, les connaissances, les attitudes et les pratiques vis-à-vis de la notification des erreurs médicales, les causes perçues et la fréquence des erreurs médicales dans leur hôpital ainsi que les expériences personnelles en matière de notification. Les médecins avaient tendance à ne pas notifier les erreurs médicales lorsque les patients n'avaient souffert d'aucun dommage. Un tiers des répondants craignaient les actions punitives s'ils notifiaient des erreurs et seuls 56,4 % pensaient que la notification des erreurs entraînait des modifications positives pour l'ensemble des soins. Une majorité d'erreurs était liée à des interventions tardives et des erreurs de diagnostic. La sous-notification des erreurs médicales était fréquente dans cet hôpital. Les médecins ne percevaient pas positivement les tentatives d'amélioration du système de notification des erreurs et la culture du blâme restait prévalente. ‫السعودية‬ ‫العربية‬ ‫اململكة‬

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Exploring health professionals’ experiences of medication errors in Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Findings indicate a potential need to review medication error reporting systems in Saudi Arabia to heighten health professional awareness and improve the reporting culture.

Cited by 19 publications

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Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Knowledge of healthcare professionals about medication errors in hospitals

Physicians’ knowledge and practice towards medical error reporting: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in Saudi Arabia

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