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: