Managing High-alert Medication Administration and Errors

NCT06366607 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0306066
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff.

Conditions

Knowledge; Practice Nurse's Scope; Competence; Nurse's Role; Error Disclosure

Keywords

Medication safety climate; Managing, High-alert medication; Administration; Errors; Nurses' role

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Questionnaire to measure nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration

  Nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration as assessed binary scale.

  one month

• Questionnaire to measure medication safety climate

  Medication safety climate as assessed using five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1 point) to strongly agree (5 points).

  one month

• Questionnaire to measure nurses' competency

  Nurses' competency during the administration of high-alert medications as assessed using five- Likert scales ((0 = not appropriate at all in administering high-alert medications up to 4 = very often appropriate in administering high-alert medications)

  one month

• observational check list to measure nurses' practice during administration of high-alert medications

  Observing nurses' practice during the administration of high alert medications as assessed using five Likert scales (0=inappropriate practice up to 4=appropriate practice)

  one month

• Questionnaire to measure errors associated with administering high-alert medications

  Errors associated with administering high-alert medications as assessed using a binary scale ( Yes=1 , No=0)

  one month

Study Arms (1)

nurses

Nurses worked in surgical intensive and critical care units

Other: high-alert medication administration

Interventions

high-alert medication administration OTHER

high-alert medication administration

nurses

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A sample of 300 nurses was enrolled in the current study. The nurses were willing to participate in the study and provided their agreement by informed consent.

You may qualify if:

• Nurses
• willing to participate in the study
• work in surgical intensive and critical care units
• Sign a consent

You may not qualify if:

• \- Nurses
• Work in outpatient units and other units
• Did not sign a consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Matrouh University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Marsá Maţrūḩ, 002, Egypt

Location

Study Officials

• Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Safaa M. El-Shanawany, Ph.D

  Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

  STUDY CHAIR

• Maha Ghanem, Ph.D

  Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

  STUDY CHAIR

• Hanaa Abbass, Ph.D

  Psychatric Nursing and Mental health , Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Maysa Elbiaa, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor of Nursing administration

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2024
• First Posted: April 16, 2024
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 31, 2023
• Study Completion: May 31, 2023
• Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)