In medicine, the emphasis is on perfection in diagnosis and treatment. Often in the public eye, physicians are expected to perform their tasks flawlessly as infallible performers, and any error that occurs is often seen as a failure of character more than anything else.
In aviation, it is assumed that errors will occur, that they are part of the accepted risk of flying. Even the best pilots will make errors in judgment or action, and consequently, aviation systems are designed to try to absorb these errors through buffers, automation, and redundancy. Procedures are standardized as much as possible, so that pilots have specific protocols and checklist to help minimize the occurrence of errors (Lee, 1995).
Medical settings may be more complex than their aviation counterparts. In the cockpit, for example, there is an officially established hierarchy of command among the 5 or so crew members. Surgical teams, for example, may be much larger than a cockpit crew. In the larger context, there are many more facets to the power structure in the health care setting. A wide variety of players--nurses, technicians, patients, hospital administrators, national boards, state and federal regulatory agencies, insurance companies--pursue their goals, creating a complex set of influences that can lead up to a particular event or accident (Terrett, 1995).
Medication Errors are among the biggest issues devoted in health care setting today in America. According to a recent Journal of the American Medical Association, medication error causes more than 10,000 of injures and deaths every year. Medication giving includes five basic rights: Right patient, Right medication, Right route, Right dose, and Right time. Contrary to the above are medication errors. However, most common errors are occurred by poor transcriptions, drug interactions, drug name confuse, and poor documentation. One of the great concerns with medication......
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