Introduction: Considering the increasing number of drug errors, this study was conducted to investigate the factors affecting drug errors from nurses' point of view in ICU and Emergency Unite in educational hospitals of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Methods: The present study is a descriptive study on 221 nurses working in Shahrekord hospitals. The data gathering tool was ...

Background: Human error is the cause of many serious accidents in the world. In medical jobs, it causes the patients to get much worse or lost their life. Therefore, current study was conducted to identify and evaluate human error among physicians working at emergency ward using Systematic Human Error and Reduction Prediction Approach (SHERPA) technique in an educational hospital in Semnan, Ira...

Background: Nowadays, Medical error as a major challenge has been attention of health authorities and community. The main purpose of this study was survey of medical errors in Shiraz public hospitals. Materials & Methods: This study was a survey which conducted as analytical in 2013. Study population was Shiraz public hospitals which 10 hospitals were examined. Standard checklist was used for ...

Introduction: Medical errors are among the most threatening faults against patient’s safety in all countries. The most frequent medical errors are medication errors which can lead to serious effects and even death in patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explain factors affecting medication eroors from the viewpoints of nurses in order to present strategies to reduce these errors. Methods:...

Medical errors included diagnostic error, medication error, surgical error and also infections associated healthcare can causes creation economic and moral damages to the patient. In the meantime, uncertainties about how to evaluate and compensate moral damage as a result of these mistakes, has forced different legal system to adopt different approaches. This article will try to examine, Irania...