| Title |
Medication incident reporting in residential aged care facilities: Limitations and risks to residents’ safety
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-12-67 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amina Tariq, Andrew Georgiou, Johanna Westbrook |
| Abstract |
Medication incident reporting (MIR) is a key safety critical care process in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Retrospective studies of medication incident reports in aged care have identified the inability of existing MIR processes to generate information that can be used to enhance residents' safety. However, there is little existing research that investigates the limitations of the existing information exchange process that underpins MIR, despite the considerable resources that RACFs' devote to the MIR process. The aim of this study was to undertake an in-depth exploration of the information exchange process involved in MIR and identify factors that inhibit the collection of meaningful information in RACFs. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 43 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 12 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 16% |
| Unknown | 6 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 19% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 12% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 6 | 14% |
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