Interventions on Medication Administration Errors in Nigerian and Indonesian Hospitals: A Narrative Review

Oyebode Dosunmu; Eliza Dwinta; Fatma Siti Fatimah

doi:10.15566/kxb1x733

Interventions on Medication Administration Errors in Nigerian and Indonesian Hospitals: A Narrative Review

Christian Journal for Global Health

Volume 13 (2026): Issue 1

By: Oyebode Dosunmu , Eliza Dwinta and Fatma Siti Fatimah

Open Access

|Apr 2026

Abstract

Objectives: Medication administration error is causing patient harm. The study aims to review the interventions on and recommended interventions to medication administration errors in hospitals in Indonesia and Nigeria.

Methods: A mixed-method approach was employed to review available quantitative and qualitative studies. Eligible studies were sought in Scopus and Embase/Medline.

Results: The review elicited two interventions that were conducted and fifteen recommended interventions. The conducted interventions include medication safety practice training and pharmacist-led intervention in a hemodialysis room. The most recommended interventions are education/training, having a medication administration error reporting system, proper drug labelling and packaging, provision of in-hospital clinical pharmacy service, and adequate staffing, among others.

Conclusions: There were identified conducted interventions on, and recommended interventions to, medication administration errors. Based on context appropriateness, a combination of any of these interventions is recommended for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of medication administration errors.

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