Medication Errors in the Spanish System of Communication of Incidents in Anaesthesia: Ten Year Analysis.

Background: The incidents related to medication are an important cause of avoidable health damage in the perioperative environment. Objectives: Describe the incidents related to medication reported in the national communication system of incidents in anaesthesia and resuscitation in Spain (SENSAR), and their relationship with morbidity. Methods: The investigators studied the incidents identified as medication errors of all those reported in the SENSAR database between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2017. The researchers performed a descriptive analysis of independent variables: type of medication incident, moment in which the incident occurred, drug group involved and then a logistic regression in order to establish the relationship with the dependent variable: morbidity.