Refusing to Report the Medication Errors and It s Effects on Patient s Safety in Razi Teaching Hospital during 2014-2015

Background & Aims of the Study: One of the most important health aspects of health caresystems is patient s safety and medication errors can threaten this safety. The purpose ofthis research was the evaluation of refusing to report the medication errors and it s effectson patent s safety in Razi teaching hospital after healthcare reform during 2014-2015.Materials and Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study that has been accomplishedby descriptive-analytical method. The environment of research is Razi teaching hospital ofAhwaz, Iran. The studied population consisted of nurses who were working in differentwards of selected hospital. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. The results wereanalyzed by Excel and SPSS 16.0.Results: The results showed 60% of medication errors report by nurses. Also, it showedthat the most important reasons for not reporting medication errors were related to themanagerial factors (3.85±1.512). This factor can be very important on patient s safety.Factors which were related to the fear of the consequences of reporting were 3.80 ± 1.301and the process of reporting were 3.21±1.231, respectively.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the management factors were animportant reason for not reporting medication errors. Encourage nursing, good drugadministration, training an appropriate method, using suitable instruments and decreasedirect contact with patient can increase the causes of errors report. Increase the report ofmedication errors can help to management these errors and reduction of injures to patients.

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Medication errorsPatent safetyHealthcare reformNurses ، Teaching hospitals ، Ahvaz ، Iran