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AuthorNaseralallah, Lina
AuthorStewart, Derek
AuthorAzfar Ali, Ruba
AuthorPaudyal, Vibhu
Available date2022-12-26T07:12:56Z
Publication Date2022-01-01
Publication NameExpert Opinion on Drug Safety
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14740338.2022.2147921
CitationLina Naseralallah, Derek Stewart, Ruba Azfar Ali & Vibhu Paudyal (2022) An umbrella review of systematic reviews on contributory factors to medication errors in health-care settings, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 21:11, 1379-1399, DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2022.2147921
ISSN14740338
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85142444890&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/37575
AbstractIntroduction: Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety and are prevalent in all health-care settings. This umbrella review aims to systematically evaluate the evidence on contributory factors to medication errors in health-care settings in terms of the nature of these factors, methodologies and theories used to identify and classify them, and the terminologies and definitions used to describe them. Areas covered: Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, and Google Scholar were searched from inception to March 2022. The data extraction form was derived from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Reviewers’ Manual, and critical appraisal was conducted using the JBI quality assessment tool. A narrative approach to data synthesis was adopted. Expert opinion: Twenty-seven systematic reviews were included, most of which focused on a specific health-care setting or clinical area. Decision-making mistakes such as non-consideration of patient risk factors most commonly led to error, followed by organizational and environmental factors (e.g. understaffing and distractions). Only 10 studies had a pre-specified methodology to classify contributory factors, among which the use of theory, specifically Reason’s theory was commonly used. None of the reviews evaluated the effectiveness of interventions in preventing errors. The collated contributory factors identified in this umbrella review can inform holistic theory-based intervention development.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor and Francis Group
SubjectContributory factors
medication errors
methodology
umbrella review
TitleAn umbrella review of systematic reviews on contributory factors to medication errors in health-care settings
TypeArticle Review
Pagination1379-1399
Issue Number11
Volume Number21
ESSN1744-764X
dc.accessType Open Access


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