Knowledge, attitude and practice about medication errors reporting system among health care professionals in public hospitals of Pakistan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Knowledge, attitude and practice about medication errors reporting system among health care professionals in public hospitals of Pakistan

Published:2023-12-25 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2788-6859
Container-title:Asia-Pacific Journal of Pharmacotherapy & Toxicology
language:en
Short-container-title:Asia-Pac J Pharmacother Toxicol

Author:

Khan Khanzada Sheraaz¹,Ghulam Mustafa Ghulam²,Syed Samiullah Syed²,Abuzar Watanpal Abuzar³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pharmacy Quaid I Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.

2. Bolan Medical University Hospital, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

3. University of Malaya, Kula Lampur, Malaysia, Pakistan.

Abstract

Background Medication errors can cause morbidity and mortality. The reporting system for medication errors can prevent harms to patients. This survey was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice about medication errors reporting system among healthcare professionals in public and private hospitals of Mirpur AJK. Methods A questionnaire comprised of 32 questions (11 related to knowledge, 12 related to attitude and 09 related to practice) was distributed to 210 healthcare professionals (physicians, Pharmacist, Nurses and MBBS final year students) of two public and 4 private hospitals. SPPS software version 25 was used for data analysis. Results 198 out of 210 questionnaires were completely filled with a response rate of 94.76% which included 73 (36.7%) physicians, 13 (6.5%) pharmacists, 68 (34.2%) nurses and 45 (22.6%) MBBS students (final year). Majority of the population (45.73 %) exhibited good knowledge and (14.57%) had poor knowledge about medication errors reporting. About 89.95% respondents showed positive attitude and only 10.05% respondents showed negative attitude about medication errors reporting system. Good practice of medication error was only in 28.15% respondents. Conclusion This study suggested that there is a need for training regarding medication errors and reporting system for medication errors of healthcare professionals. This study also suggested that there is a need for medication errors reporting system in Hospitals of Mirpur AJK.

Publisher

Asian Medical Press Limited

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