Critical Care Nurses’ Perception of Medication Administration Errors in Kelantan, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
The percentage of perceived medication administration errors reported for each type by the critical care nurses in tertiary hospitals, Kelantan (n = 424).
Type of medication errors
Percentage of each type of medication error reported (%)∗
IV-related MAEs
Non-IV-related MAEs
(1) Wrong route of administration
16.1
18.6
(2) Wrong time of administration
16.5
18.9
(3) Wrong patient
15.4
16.5
(4) Wrong dose
16.3
18.2
(5) Wrong drug
15.6
16.7
(6) Medication is omitted
24.2
26.5
(7) Medication is given but has not been ordered by the physician
15.0
14.7
(8) Medication is administered after the order to discontinue has been written
