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Table 5 Survey items, means, standard deviations (SD), % agreement: Limitations of the double-check in clinical routine

From: Oncology nurses‘ beliefs and attitudes towards the double-check of chemotherapy medications: a cross-sectional survey study

Nr

Item

Mean

SD

% Agree

Limitations of the double-check in clinical routine (alpha = 0.75)

3.3

0.9

 

F14

Most errors happen directly before medication administration, after all double-checks have been conducted.

3.6

1.7

32.1

F21

The double-check gives a false sense of safety.

2.9

1.6

17.7

F22

In everyday practice, the double-check is often superficial routine.

3.2

1.7

27.6

F38

I often feel distracted from my work when I’m called to a double-check by a colleague.

3.5

1.9

33.1

F43

There are times of the day or week where a good double-check is not feasible.

2.5

1.8

17.3

F44

We make too many checks of medications.

2.2

1.4

6.8

F45

The double-check makes our workflow more complicated.

3.0

1.8

25.9

F49

It happens that two persons make the same mistake during a double-check (e.g., calculation error).

4.0

1.9

44.7

F51

Misleading information or the way, orders are filled frequently complicate the double-check.

4.7

1.8

58.1

F52

The different speed of staff (e.g., in reading) makes the double-check difficult.

3.0

1.8

25.0