Medication administration error reporting and associated factors among nurses working at the University of Gondar referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

Table 2 Proportion of perceived medication administration error reported for each item at GURH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 282)

Type of Medication Error		Percentage of Each Type of Medication Error Actually Reported
Type of Medication Error		Intra Venous (IV) Error	Non-Intra Venous (IV) Error
1	Wrong route	20.6	26.2
2	Wrong time	33.3	27.7
3	Wrong patient	20.6	18.8
4	Wrong Dose	30.5	19.1
5	Wrong drug	28.4	18.8
6	Medication is omitted.	30.1	28.4
7	Medication is given, but not ordered by physician.	20.9	24.8
8	Medication administered after the order discontinued.	33.7	23.4
9	Given to patients with a known allergy.	22.7	18.1
10	Wrong fluid	22.3	----
11	Wrong rate	23.8	----

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