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Table 3 Process and characteristics of the participant’s drug administration (n = 104)

From: Incidence and root causes of medication errors by anesthetists: a multicenter web-based survey from 8 teaching hospitals in Ethiopia

Variables

Response

Frequency (n)

Percentage(%)

Who usually prepare anesthetic drug

students under supervision

another anesthetist

your own

43

31

30

41.30

29.80

28.80

how draw the drug into the srying

label the syring first then withdraw the drug

withdraw the drug then label the srying

53

51

51.00

49.00

do you always double check drugs before admnistration

Yes

No

38

66

36.50

63.50

do you faced interruption during medication administration

Yes

No

45

59

43.3

56.7

when present with doubt do you communicate with another anesthetist

yes

no

37

67

35.57

64.42

Have you faced drug adminstration error in your anesthesia practice

yes

no

67

37

64.40

35.60

If yes, how often do you make medication adminstration error

sometimes

most of the time

60

7

57.69

6.73

when have you experianced more incident of medication error

daytime working hours

night duty

not related to time of work

10

39

18

9.62

37.50

17.31

Have you ever reporting any drug error while reporting

Never

1–4 reports reported

5–10 error reports

54

10

3

51.92

9.62

2,88

when you commit medication adminstration error, how do you report it

to my colleague

i did not disclose any error

12

55

11.54

52.88

if you are not report medication adminstration error, why

fear of medicolegal issue

not sure to whom it reported

fear of jugment by colleagues

32

25

10

30.77

24.04

9.62