Table 3 Therapeutic categories of medications associated with medication administration errors in the ICU of JUSH, April 2011
From: Medication administration errors in an intensive care unit in Ethiopia
Drug category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Antibiotics | 228 (36.7) |
Analgesic/antipyretics | 85 (13.7) |
Anticonvulsants | 64 (10.3) |
CNS drugs | 62 (10.0) |
Cardiovascular drugs | 61 (9.8) |
GI drugs | 53 (8.5) |
Opioid | 26 (4.2) |
Others* | 42 (6.8) |
Total | 621 (100) |