Table 5 Personnel involved in MEs, stages of MEs and prevention of MEs in the emergency ward at UoGCSH

Personnel involved in MEs

Frequency (%)

 Prescribers

194 (61.7)

 Nurses

133 (42.35)

 Patients or care givers

86 (27.39)

 Pharmacists

7 (2.23)

Stages of ME in the medication use process

Frequency (%)

 Administration stage by nurses

133 (42.35)

 Prescribing stage

117 (37.26)

 Administration stage by patient or care giver

86 (27.39)

 Transcribing stage

68 (21.66)

 Monitoring stage

36 (11.46)

 Dispensing stage

7 (2.23)

Prevention of MEs before they occur

Frequency (%)

 MEs not intercepted before they reach the patient

480 (97.75)

 MEs intercepted before they reach the patient

11 (2.25)