Medical Errors from Healthcare Professional’s Perspective at a Tertiary Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia View PDF

^*Alia Almoajel
Department Of Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

^*Corresponding Author:

Alia Almoajel
Department Of Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Email:almoajela@gmail.com

Published on: 2016-06-30

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the perspective and attitude of healthcare professionals toward medical errors. Cross-sectional study used to assess the knowledge on medical errors and attitude of staff towards adverse events by using a self-administered questionnaire.

Keywords

Medical errors; Healthcare

Introduction

Improving the quality of health care is a global concern and a priority today for all health care institutions. Quality problems are reflected in the wide variation in use of health care services, the underuse and overuse of some services, and misuse of others.