The present study aimed to assess nurses’ Perceptions of workplace culture for medication errors reporting in Taif-hospitals(KSA) and Assiut University Hospital(upper -Egypt), identify and compare barriers that prevent nurses from reporting medication errors and exploring the strategies which might encourage them to report errors in both hospitals. Methods :Analytic -comparative design was used...

Background: Voluntary hospital reporting systems are potentially valuable sources of information about medical errors and adverse events. This study examined the extent and variation in the reporting of medication errors and adverse drug events in a voluntary hospital incident reporting system. Methods: A retrospective analysis of received incident reports of potential and preventable adverse d...

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

It is estimated that over three-quarters of a million people are injured or die in hospitals each year from adverse drug events (ADEs). The majority of medical errors result from poorly designed healthcare systems rather than from negligence on the part of healthcare providers. In general, healthcare systems rely on voluntary reporting, which seriously underestimates the number of medication er...

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

Background Medication errors are among the most common medical errors which are used as an indicator to assess patients’ safety in hospitals. Thereby the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency, type and causes of medication errors in children's ward at hospitals in Yazd- Iran. Materials and Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted during 6 months from Jan to Jun 2015....