Incidence and root causes of medication errors by anesthetists: a multicenter web-based survey from 8 teaching hospitals in Ethiopia

CONCLUSION: The study found a considerable rate of errors in the administration of anaesthetic drugs. The failure to always double-check medications before administration and the use of drugs prepared by another anaesthetist were identified to be underlying root causes for drug administration errors.PMID:37322533 | PMC:PMC10273622 | DOI:10.1186/s13037-023-00367-8
Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research