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Aim: Any interruption or distraction during the process of medication administration might cause a medication error. Materials and Methods: This observational study examined frequency and reasons of interruptions during preparation and administration of pediatric medications. Two thousand three hundred forty four medication doses were observed during 200 medication administration round. Data regarding the interruptions that occur during the preparation and administration of medications were collected for one calendar year. Frequencies and percentage distributions were calculated for the interruptions as well as their reasons. Results: An interruption of 36.1% occurred during this process. Most frequent interruption reasons are mothers, physicians and nurses. Sixty-one errors were made on total of interruptions. Conclusion: Findings in this study present importance of establishment of clinical and institutional environment for nurses to safe medication administration, in terms of patient safety.

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