Prospective Observational Study on Medication Errors at Tertiary Care Hospital
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| author | Tejesh Chaudhari1, Sandeep Gore1, Balaji Gond1, Sachin Kulkarni2, Anjali Tanpure2, Shivakumar Ladde3 |
| author_facet | Tejesh Chaudhari1, Sandeep Gore1, Balaji Gond1, Sachin Kulkarni2, Anjali Tanpure2, Shivakumar Ladde3 |
| contents | <p><span lang="EN-US">Introduction: Medication Error (ME), including prescribing, transcription, administration, and monitoring errors, are major contributors to patient harm and treatment failures, particularly in complex hospital settings. </span><span>The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) defines a medication error as “Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer.” </span><span lang="EN-US">The World Health Organization emphasizes the rational use of medicines (RUM) to address these issues, but challenges persist globally and especially in developing nations like India. Methodology: A prospective observational study was conducted on the 72 IPD patients of a tertiary care hospital from November 2024 to December 2025. All the patients who were admitted during this study period with age above 18 years were included. Medication utilization patterns were assessed using Patient Profile Form and medication error form. MEs were classified according to the NCCMERP classification and further analyzed by types prescribing, administration, transcription, and monitoring.Results: Medication Errors were reported in 60% cases with Prescribing error being most common which majorly includes drug-drug interaction in prescriptions. The incidence rate of prescribing error was 41.7%, Transcription error was 6.9%, Administration error was 23.6% and Monitoring error was 18.1%. Conclusion: The Medication errors are being reported in the significant number of patients in IPD of tertiary care hospital setting and require<span> urgent need of interventions to ensure the patient safety and avoid health complications. The development and integration of the novel strategies can help reduce events related to Medication errors.</span></span></p> |
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| spellingShingle | Prospective Observational Study on Medication Errors at Tertiary Care Hospital Tejesh Chaudhari1, Sandeep Gore1, Balaji Gond1, Sachin Kulkarni2, Anjali Tanpure2, Shivakumar Ladde3 Medication Error, Prescribing error, Transcribing error, Administration error, Tertiary-care hospital, Case Series. <p><span lang="EN-US">Introduction: Medication Error (ME), including prescribing, transcription, administration, and monitoring errors, are major contributors to patient harm and treatment failures, particularly in complex hospital settings. </span><span>The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) defines a medication error as “Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer.” </span><span lang="EN-US">The World Health Organization emphasizes the rational use of medicines (RUM) to address these issues, but challenges persist globally and especially in developing nations like India. Methodology: A prospective observational study was conducted on the 72 IPD patients of a tertiary care hospital from November 2024 to December 2025. All the patients who were admitted during this study period with age above 18 years were included. Medication utilization patterns were assessed using Patient Profile Form and medication error form. MEs were classified according to the NCCMERP classification and further analyzed by types prescribing, administration, transcription, and monitoring.Results: Medication Errors were reported in 60% cases with Prescribing error being most common which majorly includes drug-drug interaction in prescriptions. The incidence rate of prescribing error was 41.7%, Transcription error was 6.9%, Administration error was 23.6% and Monitoring error was 18.1%. Conclusion: The Medication errors are being reported in the significant number of patients in IPD of tertiary care hospital setting and require<span> urgent need of interventions to ensure the patient safety and avoid health complications. The development and integration of the novel strategies can help reduce events related to Medication errors.</span></span></p> |
| title | Prospective Observational Study on Medication Errors at Tertiary Care Hospital |
| topic | Medication Error, Prescribing error, Transcribing error, Administration error, Tertiary-care hospital, Case Series. |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18927641 |