Open AccessDescriptive Study on Reported Medication Error among Nurses in Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Author(s) -
Jenet Guan Chin,
Mary Tan,
Stephanie Yvonnesky Francis,
Siti Rahmah Idris,
Mary Padtong,
Kotulin Lotupas,
Maglen Ginsos,
Norizzati Cheng,
Phyllis Bridget Philip
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
borneo journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-7353
pISSN - 1985-1758
DOI - 10.51200/bjms.vi.2317
Subject(s) - medication error , queen (butterfly) , intervention (counseling) , medicine , descriptive research , medical emergency , descriptive statistics , nursing , emergency medicine , health care , patient safety , statistics , political science , hymenoptera , botany , law , biology , mathematics
Medication error is a global issue. Despite, the various impacts on health and non-health, continuous monitoring, assessment and intervention are required to reduce the number of medication error. Precise information on the root cause of medication error in Hospital Queen Elizabeth II, Kota Kinabalu will aid in the preventative measures to reduce medication error among nurses. Thus, this study aims to describe the incident of medication errors among nurses.