Add to ORKGBackground: Patient safety is a fundamental component of health care quality and medical errors continue to occur, placing patients at risk. Medical error reporting systems could help reduce the errors. Purpose: This study assessed \u201cMedical error reporting among Physicians and Nurses in Uganda\u201d. The objectives were; (1) identify the existing medical error reporting systems. (2) Assess the types of medical errors that occurred. (3) Establish factors influencing error reporting. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study in Kisubi and Entebbe hospitals between March to August 2013, with quantitative methods. Results: Medical errors occurred in the two hospitals (53.2%), with overdoses (42.9%) leading. Neither hospital had a medic...
Background: Human errors in healthcare delivery pose serious threats to patients undergoing treatmen...
Introduction: Medication administration errors (MAEs) are among the top common causes of injuries to...
Introduction: Medication errors are among the most prevalent medical errors leading to morbidity and...
Background—Medication errors (MEs) are largely under-reported, which undermines quality improvement ...
Background: Over the past decade the concern about patient safety due to the occurrence of medical e...
After the Institute for Medicine’s landmark 1999 report, medical errors are considered serious probl...
BACKGROUND: Reviewing the epidemiological profile of medication errors (MEs) reported by African cou...
Medication errors are among the most prevalent medical errors worldwide. The Institute of Medicine e...
Background: The purpose of the study is to assess the factors contributing to dispensing errors amon...
Background: Collecting data on medical errors is es-sential for improving patient safety, but factor...
Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients....
Over the last year, medical error has become a prominent issue. As policymakers and health professio...
Background: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are an important contributor to patient morbidity and hosp...
Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients....
Introduction: Medication errors are considered as important threatening challenges for health system...
Background: Human errors in healthcare delivery pose serious threats to patients undergoing treatmen...
Introduction: Medication administration errors (MAEs) are among the top common causes of injuries to...
Introduction: Medication errors are among the most prevalent medical errors leading to morbidity and...
Background—Medication errors (MEs) are largely under-reported, which undermines quality improvement ...
Background: Over the past decade the concern about patient safety due to the occurrence of medical e...
After the Institute for Medicine’s landmark 1999 report, medical errors are considered serious probl...
BACKGROUND: Reviewing the epidemiological profile of medication errors (MEs) reported by African cou...
Medication errors are among the most prevalent medical errors worldwide. The Institute of Medicine e...
Background: The purpose of the study is to assess the factors contributing to dispensing errors amon...
Background: Collecting data on medical errors is es-sential for improving patient safety, but factor...
Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients....
Over the last year, medical error has become a prominent issue. As policymakers and health professio...
Background: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are an important contributor to patient morbidity and hosp...
Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients....
Introduction: Medication errors are considered as important threatening challenges for health system...
Background: Human errors in healthcare delivery pose serious threats to patients undergoing treatmen...
Introduction: Medication administration errors (MAEs) are among the top common causes of injuries to...
Introduction: Medication errors are among the most prevalent medical errors leading to morbidity and...