Table 1.
Percentage of administration rate error in prescribed IV medications
| Name of the IV medication | Number of observations | Number of errors | Rate of errors before applying correction factor (%) | Number of errors after applying correction factor | Rate of errors after applying correction factor (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranitidine | 13 | 12 | 7.5 | 92.3 | 11.7 |
| Vancomycin | 23 | 21 | 13.0 | 91.3 | 11.6 |
| Furosemide | 18 | 16 | 10.0 | 88.9 | 11.3 |
| Cefazolin | 56 | 44 | 27.3 | 78.6 | 10.0 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 11 | 8 | 5.0 | 72.7 | 9.3 |
| Metoclopramide | 7 | 5 | 3.1 | 71.4 | 9.1 |
| Pantoprazole | 27 | 17 | 10.6 | 63.0 | 8.0 |
| Methylprednisolone | 4 | 2 | 1.2 | 50.0 | 6.4 |
| Metronidazole | 6 | 3 | 1.9 | 50.0 | 6.4 |
| Paracetamol | 16 | 7 | 4.3 | 43.8 | 5.6 |
| Morphine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenytoin | 74 | 11 | 6.9 | 14.8 | 1.9 |
| Piperacillin/tazobactam | 9 | 1 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
| Ceftriaxone | 47 | 5 | 3.1 | 10.6 | 1.3 |
| Clindamycin | 57 | 2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| Dexamethasone | 13 | 2 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 1.9 |
| Meropenem | 27 | 1 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| Hydrocortisone | 20 | 3 | 1.9 | 15.0 | 1.9 |
| Tazobactam | 10 | 1 | 0.6 | 10.0 | 1.3 |
| Imipenem | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceftazidime | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 454 | 161 | 100 | 786 | 100 |