Medication Errors Related to High Alert Medication

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the trend of medication error due to high alert medications before and after re-implement revised strategies of high alert medications. Methods: The data of medication errors from January 2017 to April 2017 were collected and medication errors happened due to high alert drug was identified. Analyzed the high alert medication errors and calculate the rate of errors. Develop strategies and re-implement in medication process. The data of high alert medication errors during May 2017 to August 2017 were collected. The percentage of occurrence and severity of high alert medication error were identified and calculated. Results: Frequency of high alert medication errors were reduced considerably after developing and implementing of preventive strategy of high alert medication. Conclusion: The developed strategies for prevention the high alert medication reduce the high alert Medication errors. However, the surveillance of the high alert medication error rate should be further monitored and strategies to be continuously monitored for its effectiveness.