SUMMARY RESEARCH ON MEDICATION ERRORS IN TREATMENT FOR INPATIENTS IN HOAN MY MINH HAI GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 2021

Trần Thị Thu Vân1, Võ Quang Lộc Duyên2, Nguyễn Thị Linh Tuyền3,
1 Hoan My Minh Hai General Hospital
2 Duoc Si Tien Limited Liability Company
3 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Objectives: determining medication errors in inpatient in Hoan My Minh Hai general hospital in 2021. Materials and method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 442 medical records of inpatients at the Pediatrics Department, Internal Medicine Department, Cardiology – Endocrinology Department, General Surgery Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Hoan My Minh Hai general hospital from July 2021 to September 2021. Data were collected and analyzed by using Excel 2016 and SPSS 20.0 software. Results: the ratio of medication errors was 4.07%. Medication errors occurred most in the Internal Medicine Department (55.56%), followed by the Cardiology – Endocrinology Department (27.78%) Medication errors occurred in the medication preparation and administration stage (33.33%), followed by the transcription stage (27.78%). The person who often made medication errors was nurse with 72.22%, followed by pharmacist with 16.67% and doctor with 11.11%. Pharmacist is the person who detected medication errors most (77.78%). Conclusion: most stages of drug using process occured medication errors. Detection of medication errors will help medical staff to re-evaluate and find solutions to reduce medication errors.

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