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Medical Errors and Barriers to Reporting in Ten Hospitals in southern Iran
No full textBackground [International research has shown that medical errors are a major threat to patient safety.] Aims [The present study aimed to determine the frequency and barriers to reporting medical errors in Shiraz public hospitals, Iran. ] Method [This retrospective analytical study was conducted in Shiraz public hospitals in 2013. Using the standardized checklist of Shiraz University of Medical sciences and Uribe questionnaire, the data were gathered from 10 public hospitals. Then, the data were entered into the SPSS statistical software (v. 16) and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman, chi-square, one-way ANOVA, and T test. ] Results [During 365 days, 4379 medical errors were recorded in 10 hospitals. The highest frequency was related to systematic errors. Besides, most of the errors had occurred in larger hospitals, internal wards, and morning shifts. The results revealed a significant relationship between medical errors and wards and hospitals. Moreover, individual and organizational factors were the barriers to reporting medical errors in the study hospitals. Also, a significant correlation was observed between the medical errors reporting barriers and the participants’ job experiences (
