Table 2.

The mean and standard deviation of types of errors in injectable and non-injectable medication in the Taleghani Pediatric Hospital in 2017

Non-injectable medication errors	Mean and standard deviation (percent)	Injectable medication errors	Mean and standard deviation (percent)
Wrong administration technique	27.75 ± 16.85	Wrong administration technique	28.85 ± 16.21
Wrong Time	30.22 ± 15.59	Wrong Time	29.67 ± 12.86
Wrong patient	27.20 ± 9.60	Wrong patient	29.40 ± 12.68
Wrong medication	30.49 ± 15.72	Wrong medication	31.32 ± 13.74
Wrong Dose	34.89 ± 22.01	Wrong dose	38.46 ± 24.80
Medication calculation errors	37.09±25.37	Medication calculation errors	38.46±25.08
Administration without a physician’s order	25.27±4.55	Administration without a physician’s order	28.02±15.29
Administration after a physician’s order to discontinue the medication	29.12 ± 14.07	Administration after a physician’s order to discontinue the medication	28.85 ± 13.90
Medication administration to a newborn with a known allergy	28.02 ± 26.57	Medication administration to a newborn with a known allergy	25.55 ± 6.43
-	-	Wrong solvent	37.91 ± 24.54
-	-	Wrong infusion rate	43.13 ± 26.37
-	-	Drug incompatibility	43.41 ± 29.06