Barriers and Strategies of Workplace Culture for Reporting Medication Errors As Perceived By Nurses A Comparative Study
The present study aimed to assess nurses' Perceptions of workplace culture for medication errors reporting in Taif hospitals(KSA) and Assiut University Hospital(upper Egypt) identify and compare barriers that prevent nurses from reporting medication errors and exploring the strategies which might encourage them to report errors in both hospitals. Methods :Analytic comparative design was used ,One tool included two parts: First part A structured interview questionnaire was designed to collect demographic data Second part: Consists of two parts 9 questions regarding information about barrier of reporting medication error and 5 questions regarding strategies to improve reporting of errors. The sample consisting of 300 (nurses) from different hospitals in Taif Saudi Arabia and Assiutupper Egypt were selected randomly .Results: There are many barriers preventing reporting of errors ,the highest barriers were administration factors and lowest barriers regarding reporting process(8.89+ 1.9 and 4.5+ 0.9,respectively) Also, There is statistical significant differences were found between the place of hospitals regarding the barriers, (P=.00) and (P .000) age regarding administrative factors as barriers of reporting the medication errors,(P=.02) working departments regarding the barriers of reporting,(P .000) and years of experience regarding fear factors as a barriers of reporting, (P .01) Also, there was significant difference between the Sociodemographic data of the respondents and strategies of reporting errors. Conclusion and recommendation: The results of this study indicated that the highest perceived barriers to medication administration error (MAE) reporting were administration factors followed by fear factors, and then factors related to the process of reporting from the nurse's opinion in Taif and Assiut hospitals. Also the study indicated that new technology, open communication with health team and feelings safe about working environment were the most strategies of reporting medication errors The following recommendations were made: A designed in service training program for all nurses about processes of medication error reporting and Use of new technology for reporting errors. keywords:Medication errors ,Culture of blame, barriers and strategies. tDzmmn zZw @hjw hm @yy'wdn Tkhl' myjsj h` mm`n nkm @fqth tyjyjzHsw `w~m @wrqm @srd Skhhy ~n @srdn thfdh iny thbDzanann `uy zjH tarbmy' dhydhHH' tyy''dhn bTkhl' myjsH in` man`n unbky tfbmthn thbDzanann thr'SH ~yymH tkhanannbb fy'bTn thbyfshkhsy iny mk yf tyy''dhn bTkhl' in` Glbln thbDzanann `yjshH dhl ykhn thbyjyHzkhsl fbshkkhs' tyy''dhn bTkhl' myjsH T'ys' thbyfshkhsy tyd'`sn tybz`n zSy dhy`Sb h~y`n' dhkh qzT iny'zj iny un'kkhH @dhH' @d' jydhkhkhs lwl' zjn ,tyfzGan'ydhn thbabybn `anjn unbybkhs ~yanSH ~H ywthn zjn iny un'kkhy' iny'zj 9 bTkhl' in` Glbl inysHH thbyjyHzkhs in` Why's sankh manshy yabthn' tyy''dhn bTkhl' myjsH `ay l'H thby'h`ann manshH thy's' iny tuy` un'kkhH 300 thbDzanann iny 150 tyd'`sn tybz`n tkhanann ,fy'bTn thbyfshkhsanb 150 T'ys' thbyfshkhsy iny zSy dhy`Sb ~H dhl' byy'sh` ~rbykhkh @jyH~n zyrbmkhn ddh` yf jabk Wbsa ~ad' tyrdl my`n jabk Wbsa ~h` ,bTkhl' in` Glbl un'd l'HH ykhn zjHn iny dhydh`n nbu 8.89 1.9 4.5 0.9 ynkhn ~h` inyb tll` dhj'H ,thbyjyHzkhsl' zjHn un'shb thbyfshkhsann inkby inyb HD' qzf nbu ,bDy' tyy''dhn bTkhl' in` Glbln zjH tbbthanb zyrbmkhn ddh` myb` f'khn myb` tyrdl my`n @zbkhn thus' wbsl' insn unbk ,bDy' tyy''dhn bTkhl' inysHH thbyjyHzkhs' tuy`n dzfl' tyfzGan'ydhn' ty`bankhjl thbabybn inyb zybk qzf nbu tSlkhn @yS~Hnw jy'bkha thrbsh' iny zyrbmkhn ddh` tyhan`b tmh`khann my`n ~th iny' ,f'khn my` byhH ,inyyrdl my`n jabk ~n zZuy zjHn ~h` un' ~n tsrdhn idh T'ys' fy'bTn thbyfshkhsy yf thbDzanann r llkh tHSn kyzf `y tH'khfy lbSHl @dhydhjn byj'nu'kkhn un' ~n tsrdhn thrbsh' bank tyy''dhn bTkhl' in` Glbl inysHH thbyjyHzkhs ~Z`y jabk man`n ty'yb l'H tuya z`bshann' @ynHn tyS~Hn thmdqw byrdhH jybazb ~yanSH tyy''dhn bTkhl' `anun WthydhHn' byj'nu'kkhn wdhkhkhs Wyfyk' tyy''dhn bTkhl' bujH l'H thbDzanann' inyDzanann `yanjn Barriers And Strategies Of Workplace Culture For Reporting Medication Errors As Perceived By. DOI: 10.9790/1959 0503017789 www.iosrjournals.org 78 Page