Medication Errors: Why They Happen, and How They Can be Prevented
Saturday, April 30th, 2005 | Author: susheewa
Much has been written in the last few years about medication errors, the most common type of medical error. Nurses are directly involved in giving many medications to patients. Research suggests that while 1 of every 3 adverse drug events is precipitated by a medication error when a nurse gives medications to a patient, other research suggests that the number would be greater if nurses did not intercept 86% of all potential errors.
Medication errors in hospitals are made by the clinician, the pharmacist, or the patient. There are a multitude of errors that might occur. Some errors are of omission: the drug is not prescribed, not dispensed, not administered, or not taken. More frequently, there is an error of commission: the wrong drug or dose is prescribed, dispensed, administered, or taken; there may be the wrong substitution for a drug, the wrong patient receives the medicine, the frequency, timing or duration of the drug is incorrect, wrong route of administration, allergic reaction, or drug interaction may result. Some problems occur because of communication difficulties: illegible handwriting, incomplete prescribing order, vague instructions, prescription not recognized, unknown prescriber, or illegible prescriber identification.
หยิบงานวิจัยทีเกี่ยวกับความผิดพลาดในเรื่องของการให้ยามาฝากค่ะ ก็เจอกันทุกๆที่หล่ะ ซึ่งเกิดได้จากผู้ที่เกี่ยวข้อง สามกลุ่มใหญ่ๆคือ ผู้ให้ยาในคลินิก เภสัชกรผู้จ่ายยา และตัวผู้ป่วยเอง อ่านแล้วทำให้เราตอกย้ำ 5 R ของเราให้ชัดเจนมากขึ้นในฐานะที่เราเองก็คือคนที่ทำหน้าที่จ่ายยาแจกยาแก่ผู้ป่วย จึงต้องตรวจสอบกันดีๆนะคะ Right time , Right drug , Right dose , Right method และ Right patient อย่าลืมนะคะ
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