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Participants' perceived definitions of medical errors |
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| Serial No. |
Definition categories |
Definitions given by participants |
Number (%) |
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| 1 |
Wrong prescription/dispensing of medication |
Wrong medication |
93 (34) |
| 2 |
Wrong diagnosis |
Wrong diagnosis |
73 (26.5) |
| 3 |
Doctors' technical in-competence |
Wrong surgery |
36 (13) |
| Technical incompetence* |
10 (3.6) |
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| Lack of doctor's experience* |
7 (3) |
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| 4 |
Other staff technical in-competence (nurses and pharmacist) |
Giving wrong injection |
11 (4) |
| Pharmacist incompetence* |
4 (1) |
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| 5 |
Others |
Errors by doctors |
5 (2) |
| Forgotten surgical items |
2 (0.7) |
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| Wrong vaccination |
2 (0.7) |
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| IV canula left in site for 25 days |
1 (0.4) |
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| Error in first aid |
1 (0.4) |
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| Wrong BP reading |
1 (0.4) |
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| Wrong procedure |
1 (0.4) |
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| Doctor ignorance* |
14 (5) |
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| Poor staff attitude* |
4 (1) |
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| Not updating patients* |
2 (0.7) |
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| Faulty equipment* |
1 (0.4) |
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| Doctors overload* |
1 (0.4) |
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| Slowness in giving care* |
1 (0.4) |
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| Nurses ignorance* |
1 (0.4) |
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| Wrong information by the patient+ |
1 (0.4) |
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| Not following doctors advise+ |
1 (0.4) |
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| Intake of un-prescribed medicine+ |
1 (0.4) |
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| Intake of herbal medicine+ |
1 (0.4) |
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| Total |
275 |
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Percents are out of total number (275). Please notice that some participants gave more than one definition. * Causes of medical errors + Patient-related factor | |||
Al-Mandhari et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-13 |
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