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May 25, 2026BioMed Research InternationalOpen Access

Clinical Factors Associated With Patterns of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Hospitalized Patients in Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

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TMTilaye Arega MogesDebre Tabor UniversityFDFisseha Nigussie DagnewDebre Tabor UniversityGTGetachew Yitayew TarekegnDebre Tabor University

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Implication

Multicenter prospective observational study assesses medication errors in pediatric patients, indicating key risk factors.

Key Points

  • This study aims to assess the magnitude and determinants of medication errors among pediatric hospitalized patients.
  • Multicenter prospective observational study over 4 months
  • Data collected from 358 pediatric patients using systematic random sampling
  • Analysis performed with STATA including bivariate and multivariable logistic regression
  • 53.63% of pediatric hospitalized patients experienced at least one medication error
  • Most common errors were dose (30.31%), frequency (14.96%), and omission (14.17%)
  • Polypharmacy (AOR = 2.005), male sex (AOR = 1.707), and prolonged hospital stay (AOR = 1.673) were significantly associated with medication errors

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Moges et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e7680e02ee3982d32200https://doi.org/10.1155/bmri/8893135
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