Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Study

Medication-administration errors in an urban mental health hospital: a direct observation study.

Cottney A, Innes J. Medication-administration errors in an urban mental health hospital: a direct observation study. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2015;24(1):65-74. doi:10.1111/inm.12096.

Save
Print
September 27, 2017
Cottney A, Innes J. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2015;24(1):65-74.
View more articles from the same authors.

In this prospective observational study at a psychiatric hospital, errors were identified in 3% of medication administration episodes, with omission being the most common error type. As in prior studies, interruptions and higher patient volume were associated with increased risk of mistakes.

Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Cottney A, Innes J. Medication-administration errors in an urban mental health hospital: a direct observation study. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2015;24(1):65-74. doi:10.1111/inm.12096.