Research Article
Medication Errors in a Swiss Cardiovascular Surgery Department: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Novel Medication Error Report Method
Table 1
The medication error self reporting tool (MESRT) to report medication error events.
| During my shift, one of the following medication error-related events occurred (please mark with a cross) | |
| (1) □ I administered a wrong medication to a patient | | (2) □ I administered a medication at the wrong time (more than 30 minutes earlier or later than ordered) | | (3) □ I administered a medication in a wrong dosage | | (4) □ I administered a medication to the wrong patient | | (5) □ I administered a medication the wrong route | |
| (6) □ A medication prescription was illegible | | (7) □ A medication prescription was incomplete | | (8) □ A medication prescription was wrong | | (9) □ A medication prescription was transcribed wrong | |
| (10) □ The medication error event had no consequences for the patient | | (11) □ The medication error event had consequences for the patient | | If yes, what consequences? (use the space below) | | | | | |
| (12) □ I realised that there is an error involved, but I was able to prevent the error before it happened or resulted in patient harm | | If yes, what kind of error could be prevented? (use the space below) | | | | | |
| (13) □ No medication error-related event happened to me during my shift | |
| □ Morning shift □ Evening shift □ Night shift Date: | |
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