Research Article
Medication Administration Error Reporting and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Types of medication administration errors reported among nurses working in public hospitals of North Shoa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 224).
| Variables | Value | Frequency | Percentage |
| Wrong route | 1–20 | 155 | 69.2 | 21–30 | 43 | 19.2 | 31–40 | 16 | 7.1 | 41–50 | 7 | 3.1 | >50 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Wrong time | 1–20 | 126 | 56.3 | 21–30 | 55 | 24.6 | 31–40 | 21 | 9.4 | 41–50 | 12 | 5.4 | >50 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Wrong patient | 1–20 | 167 | 74.6 | 21–30 | 32 | 14.3 | 31–40 | 14 | 6.3 | 41–50 | 7 | 3.1 | >50 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Wrong dose | 1–20 | 99 | 44.2 | 21–30 | 73 | 32.6 | 31–40 | 25 | 11.2 | 41–50 | 17 | 7.6 | >50 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Wrong drug | 1–20 | 162 | 72.3 | 21–30 | 36 | 16.1 | 31–40 | 15 | 6.7 | 41–50 | 8 | 3.6 | >50 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Medication is omitted | 1–20 | 121 | 54.0 | 21–30 | 52 | 23.2 | 31–40 | 23 | 10.3 | 41–50 | 15 | 6.7 | >50 | 13 | 5.8 |
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