The Relationship Between Communication with Risk Medication Errors in a Private Hospital

Medication error is an error in treatment that can actually be avoided if the treatment process does not experience errors starting from writing prescriptions, reading prescriptions (transcribing), preparing drugs (dispensing), to the process of administering drugs. The research conducted was quantitative research using a descriptive design with a cross sectional approach. This research was conducted in a private hospital with a sample size of 46 nurses. The instruments of this study were cheklist sheets for sociodemographics, communication and observation sheets for medication errors in the drug administration phase. Data analysis using SPSS 24 with chi square test. The results showed a relationship between communication with risk of the medication error in the drug administration phase with a p value <0.05. Conclusion: there is a relationship between communication with risk of the medication error in the drug administration phase. therefore, it is hoped that nurses can continue to improve communication between care professionals, especially in the process of administering drugs to prevent patient safety incidents.