Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital

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dc.contributor.authorGordon, P C
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T09:58:34Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T09:58:34Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2015-12-24T08:30:54Z
dc.description.abstractA confidential, self-reporting survey was sent out to all 65 anaesthetists (25 specialists and 40 registrars) in the Department of Anaesthesia at the University of Cape Town with the aim of determining the incidence and possible causes of “wrong drug” administrations. The response rate was 95%. 93.5 % of respondents admitted to having administered the wrong drug at some stage of their anaesthetic career. 19/62 (30.6%) have injected the wrong drug or the correct drug into the wrong site on at least three occasions. 56.9 % of incidents involved muscle relaxants with suxamethonium chloride administered instead of fentanyl accounting for nearly a third of cases. 17.6 % of reported incidents were classified as being dangerous, with the potential to cause either severe haemodynamic instability and/or neurological damage or seizures.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2004.10872353
dc.identifier.apacitationGordon, P. C. (2004). Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital. <i>South African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesia</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18392en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGordon, P C "Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital." <i>South African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesia</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18392en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGordon, P. C. (2004). Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 10(2), 7-8.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2220-1181en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Gordon, P C AB - A confidential, self-reporting survey was sent out to all 65 anaesthetists (25 specialists and 40 registrars) in the Department of Anaesthesia at the University of Cape Town with the aim of determining the incidence and possible causes of “wrong drug” administrations. The response rate was 95%. 93.5 % of respondents admitted to having administered the wrong drug at some stage of their anaesthetic career. 19/62 (30.6%) have injected the wrong drug or the correct drug into the wrong site on at least three occasions. 56.9 % of incidents involved muscle relaxants with suxamethonium chloride administered instead of fentanyl accounting for nearly a third of cases. 17.6 % of reported incidents were classified as being dangerous, with the potential to cause either severe haemodynamic instability and/or neurological damage or seizures. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesia LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 2220-1181 T1 - Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital TI - Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18392 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18392
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/22201173.2004.10872353
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGordon PC. Wrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospital. South African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18392.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Society of Anesthesiologisten_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anaesthesiaen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
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dc.sourceSouth African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesiaen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.sajaa.co.za/index.php/sajaa
dc.subject.otherAnesthesiology
dc.subject.otherSafety
dc.subject.otherStandards
dc.subject.otherDrug labeling
dc.subject.otherMedication errors
dc.titleWrong drug administration errors amongst anaesthetists in a South African teaching hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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