Table 2.
Factors Affecting Medication Errors | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|
Medical Factors | ||
Large variety of drugs in the ward | 2 | 4.2 |
Using abbreviated names | 23 | 48.93 |
Similarities among drug names | 11 | 23.40 |
Using some drugs in the rare cases | 2 | 4.20 |
Different medicinal dosages | 9 | 19.14 |
Managerial and Human Factors | ||
Fatigue resulted from hard work | 9 | 19.14 |
High patient -to- nurse ratio | 6 | 12.76 |
Insufficient education | 2 | 4.2 |
insufficient pharmacological knowledge | 13 | 27.65 |
False medicinal calculations | 4 | 10.63 |
Illegibility of patients records | 7 | 14.89 |
Illegibility of physicians’ prescriptions | 4 | 8.51 |