Observational study on medication administration errors at a University Hospital in Brazil: incidence, nature and associated factors

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Table 1 Number and frequency (%) of MAEs, according to type, in two in-patient units

Table 2 Number (N) and proportion (%) of medication administration errors, according to the in-patient unit

Table 3 Number and frequency of MAEs, according to the type of error and in-patient unit

Table 4 Examples of MAEs, according to the most frequent categories

Fig. 1 Distribution of MAEs, according to the time of dose administration

Table 5 Number (N) and frequency (%) of MAEs, according to the pharmacological class of the administered medication (ATCC, WHO, 2020)

Table 6 Risk factors associated with the occurrence of any error, technique errors, and time errors

Table 7 Number (N) and frequency (%) of MAEs, according to the route (intravenous and non-intravenous administration)

Table 8 Number (N) and frequency (%) of MAEs, according to the route (intravenous and non-intravenous administration) and in-patient unit

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