“It’s Not Just a System Error”: A Qualitative Study of Nurses’ Perspectives on Medication Safety in Saudi Hospitals
Mukhlid Alshammari · 2026
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Mukhlid Alshammari explored nurses' views on medication safety in Saudi hospitals in a 2026 qualitative study. Medication errors remain a major threat to patients. Nurses, who give most medicines, see the system up close. Alshammari found they frame safety as a shared process built on communication, workload, staff skill, and teamwork with technology, not as lone personal slips.
Barcode scanners and electronic records did improve safety in the nurses' eyes. But their value depended on nurse vigilance, good training, and teamwork, above all under heavy workload. The study urges bundled fixes: standard communication habits, enough staff, ongoing training, and reporting cultures that do not punish honesty. Technology should support clinical judgment, the nurses insist, never replace it.
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| CREATOR | Mukhlid Alshammari |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32754 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |