{"title":"加纳北部一家地区医院收治的儿童中存在的用药错误","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100795","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><strong>Background</strong>: Errors in medication administration have a number of detrimental effects, including delayed healing, drug resistance, morbidity, and even mortality, particularly in children. However, there are limited empirical data on the incidence of medication administration errors experienced by children admitted to healthcare facilities in Ghana. <strong>Methods:</strong> An analytic cross-sectional design was used to obtain prospective data from 399 sick children admitted to the Upper East Regional Hospital using a convenient sampling. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses such as Pearson chi-square tests and binary logistic regression, were also conducted. <strong>Results:</strong> The incidence of medication administration errors was 65.9 %. The intravenous route of medication was the most common route involved in medication administration errors (48.1 %). An incorrect frequency of drug administration (41.9 %) was the most common type of error. There were significant correlations between the occurrence of medication administration errors and hospital ward ((χ<sup>2</sup> <sup>=</sup>13.1, p < 0.001), patient’ age ((χ<sup>2</sup> = 19.254, p < 0.001) and patient’ weight ((χ<sup>2</sup> = 5.740, p < 0.05). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The incidence of medication administration errors is very high among pediatric inpatients in healthcare facilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38091,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Medication administration errors among children admitted at a Regional Hospital in Northern Ghana\",\"authors\":\"\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100795\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div><strong>Background</strong>: Errors in medication administration have a number of detrimental effects, including delayed healing, drug resistance, morbidity, and even mortality, particularly in children. However, there are limited empirical data on the incidence of medication administration errors experienced by children admitted to healthcare facilities in Ghana. <strong>Methods:</strong> An analytic cross-sectional design was used to obtain prospective data from 399 sick children admitted to the Upper East Regional Hospital using a convenient sampling. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses such as Pearson chi-square tests and binary logistic regression, were also conducted. <strong>Results:</strong> The incidence of medication administration errors was 65.9 %. The intravenous route of medication was the most common route involved in medication administration errors (48.1 %). An incorrect frequency of drug administration (41.9 %) was the most common type of error. There were significant correlations between the occurrence of medication administration errors and hospital ward ((χ<sup>2</sup> <sup>=</sup>13.1, p < 0.001), patient’ age ((χ<sup>2</sup> = 19.254, p < 0.001) and patient’ weight ((χ<sup>2</sup> = 5.740, p < 0.05). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The incidence of medication administration errors is very high among pediatric inpatients in healthcare facilities.</div></div>\",\"PeriodicalId\":38091,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences\",\"volume\":null,\"pages\":null},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2024-01-01\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139124001410\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q2\",\"JCRName\":\"Nursing\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139124001410","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
Medication administration errors among children admitted at a Regional Hospital in Northern Ghana
Background: Errors in medication administration have a number of detrimental effects, including delayed healing, drug resistance, morbidity, and even mortality, particularly in children. However, there are limited empirical data on the incidence of medication administration errors experienced by children admitted to healthcare facilities in Ghana. Methods: An analytic cross-sectional design was used to obtain prospective data from 399 sick children admitted to the Upper East Regional Hospital using a convenient sampling. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses such as Pearson chi-square tests and binary logistic regression, were also conducted. Results: The incidence of medication administration errors was 65.9 %. The intravenous route of medication was the most common route involved in medication administration errors (48.1 %). An incorrect frequency of drug administration (41.9 %) was the most common type of error. There were significant correlations between the occurrence of medication administration errors and hospital ward ((χ2=13.1, p < 0.001), patient’ age ((χ2 = 19.254, p < 0.001) and patient’ weight ((χ2 = 5.740, p < 0.05). Conclusion: The incidence of medication administration errors is very high among pediatric inpatients in healthcare facilities.
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International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (IJANS) is an international scientific journal published by Elsevier. The broad-based journal was founded on two key tenets, i.e. to publish the most exciting research with respect to the subjects of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa, and secondly, to advance the international understanding and development of nursing and midwifery in Africa, both as a profession and as an academic discipline. The fully refereed journal provides a forum for all aspects of nursing and midwifery sciences, especially new trends and advances. The journal call for original research papers, systematic and scholarly review articles, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing as related to nursing and midwifery in Africa, technical reports, and short communications, and which will meet the journal''s high academic and ethical standards. Manuscripts of nursing practice, education, management, and research are encouraged. The journal values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic significance for educators, practitioners, leaders and policy-makers of nursing and midwifery in Africa. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of nursing, and is also inviting international scholars who are engaged with nursing and midwifery in Africa to contribute to the journal. We will only publish work that demonstrates the use of rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of nursing and midwifery as it relates to the Africa context.