Nurses’ Refusal to Report Medication Administration Errors in a Ghanaian Municipality: Uncovering the Barriers with a Quantitative Approach

Table 4

Channels through which medication administration errors were reported.

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Senior nurse on duty
Yes	59	64.8
No	32	35.2
Colleague nurse on duty
Yes	47	50.5
No	45	49.5
Ward in-charge
Yes	67	72.0
No	26	28.0
Nurse manager
Yes	12	12.9
No	81	87.1
Pharmacist
Yes	18	19.4
No	75	80.6
Doctor
Yes	23	24.5
No	71	75.5
Written in incidence book
Yes	50	54.3
No	42	45.7
Filled ADR form
Yes	38	41.8
No	53	58.2
Is there any standard protocol/procedure for reporting medication errors in your facility?
Yes	55	37.7
No	91	62.3
Are medication administration errors reported to the patient?
Yes	13	8.7
No	136	91.3

ADR = adverse drug reaction form.