Table 3.
Types of Medical errors occurring
| Medical errors occur | Entebbe N, (%) |
Kisubi N, (%) |
Total N, (%) |
| 26, (56.50) | 15, (48.40) |
41, (53.20) | |
| 20, (43.50) | 16, (51.60) |
36, (46.80) | |
| Type of medical errors occurring in the hospitals | |||
| Prescription errors | 16, (34.80) | 11, (35.50) |
27, (35.10) |
| Overdose | 19, (41.30) | 14, (45.20) |
33, (42.90) |
| Near misses | 6, (13.00) | 3, (9.70) | 9, (11.70) |
| Adverse reactions | 4, (8.70) | 2, (6.50) | 6, (7.80) |
| Careless handling of a patient | 1, (2.20) | 1, (3.20) | 2, (2.60) |