Nurses Performance Regarding Safety Infusion of Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication in intensive care units

Hamad Abdelaziz, Ibrahim; Salah Hassan, Manal; Hussien Bakr, Zeinab

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2024.379509

Nurses Performance Regarding Safety Infusion of Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication in intensive care units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt.

² Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2024.379509

Abstract

Background: medication safety is a priority for health care organizations worldwide. Nurses need to identify the challenges they face when administering medications to their patients. Aim: To assess nurses' performance regarding safety infusion of look-alike sound-alike medication. Subjects & sitting: Convenient samples of all available nurses (40) were working in intensive care units at Ain Shams University Hospitals. Design: A descriptive research design Tools: 1. Medication Safety Assessment Questionnaire. 2. Intravenous infusion of look-alike sound-alike medications observational checklist. Results: By testing the relation between total knowledge regarding look-alike sound-alike medications and total practice, there was highly statistically significance difference between total knowledge and total practice Conclusion: The study subjects had performance deficit regarding safety infusion of look-alike sound-alike medications, which were affected by the following; the total nurses' knowledge regarding administration of look-alike sound-alike medications was unsatisfactory. This can be explained by the highly statistically significance relation between total practice and total knowledge. Recommendations: Continuous intravenous infusions of look-alike sound-alike medication educational programs until nurses reach the purpose of competency.

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