Research Article
Medication Errors among Physician-Assistants Anaesthesia
Table 2
Nature of medication errors.
| | Medication error, (%) | | Wrong drug | Wrong dose | Wrong dilution | Wrong route | Total (%) |
| Outcome | | | | | | No harm | 64 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 89 (84.8) | Minor harm | 6 | 3 | Nil | Nil | 9 (8.6) | Moderate harm | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 3 (2.9) | Severe harm | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | 1 () | Death | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 3 (2.86) | Total | 76 (72.4) | 17 (16.2) | 6 (5.7) | 6 (5.7) | 105 (100) |
| Period of occurrence | | | | | | Preinduction | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 (18.1) | At induction | 15 | 5 | 2 | Nil | 22 (20.9) | Intraoperation | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 57 (54.3) | Postoperation | 4 | 2 | Nil | 1 | 7 (6.7) | Total (%) | 75 (71.4) | 18 (17.1) | 6 (5.7) | 6 (5.7) | 105 (100) |
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