A Qualitative Exploration of Consultant Anaesthetists Attitudes to, and Experiences of, Perioperative Medication Errors in Emergency and Elective Theatre Settings

Abstract

In the UK, medication errors account for up to 20% of all reported adverse events in hospitalised patients. The potential for medication errors to occur during the peri-operative period is greater than in some other clinical settings and there is a paucity of good-quality evidence examining contributing factors.