found the principles that were most often compromised were the right dose, the right patient and the right time (Kim & Bates, 2012). They reported that from their findings, only 45.6% of nurses verified the amount of the drug in the vial, only 6.5% read the name of the patient on their wristband and only 41% of the medication was given at the correct time (Kim and Bates, 2012). Due to results such as these, additional studies have been performed to determine if changing the environment in which medication is prepared can decrease the rate of medication error. Research by Williams, King, Thompson and Champagne (2014) focused on attempting this by implementing five evidence-based medication safety interventions. These included nursing staff education, use of a drug safety vest, a “no-interruption zone”, placement of signage and a printed card with guidelines (William et al., 2014). By utilizing a few more strategies the number of drug related incident reports decreased by 60% (Williams et al. 2014). From all of these studies compiled, we can see that medication errors are a common issue and cost billions of dollars to fix. Therefore in the long run it is smarter to enforce proper medication administration regulation and stress the importance of the 10 rights of medication administration.
found the principles that were most often compromised were the right dose, the right patient and the right time (Kim & Bates, 2012). They reported that from their findings, only 45.6% of nurses verified the amount of the drug in the vial, only 6.5% read the name of the patient on their wristband and only 41% of the medication was given at the correct time (Kim and Bates, 2012). Due to results such as these, additional studies have been performed to determine if changing the environment in which medication is prepared can decrease the rate of medication error. Research by Williams, King, Thompson and Champagne (2014) focused on attempting this by implementing five evidence-based medication safety interventions. These included nursing staff education, use of a drug safety vest, a “no-interruption zone”, placement of signage and a printed card with guidelines (William et al., 2014). By utilizing a few more strategies the number of drug related incident reports decreased by 60% (Williams et al. 2014). From all of these studies compiled, we can see that medication errors are a common issue and cost billions of dollars to fix. Therefore in the long run it is smarter to enforce proper medication administration regulation and stress the importance of the 10 rights of medication administration.