Magnitude Of Medication Administration Error And Associated Factors In Adult Intensive Care Units Of Federally Administered Public Hospitals In Addis Abeba Ethiopia 2019.

Introduction: Medications are the basis of care provision. Despite the best effort, increased usernof technology and high standards of invasive and non- invasive monitoring in critical care,rnmedication errors continue to occur even at the best centers worldwide. rn Objective: To assess magnitude of medication administration error and associated factors inrnadult intensive care units of federally administered public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, April 4Aprilrn27,rn2019rnGC.rnrn Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was used. A probability sampling methodrnspecifically simple random sampling was employed to collect data. rnResult: Based on this study medication administration error in federally administered publicrnhospitals adult intensive care unit of Addis Ababa city was 61.1% with the most frequent error ofrntechnical error (59.7%), followed by wrong time (52.3%) and documentation error (24.8%).rnNurse to patient ratio, shift of medication administration, polypharmacy and nurse experiencernwere associated factors with medication administration error.rnConclusion and recommendation: In conclusion medication administration errors in adultrnintensive care unit of federally administered public hospital of Addis Ababa were highlyrnprevalent. Medication administration protocol and procedure, training for new staff and makingrnnurse to patient ratio one to one were recommended.

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