DESCRIPTION OF NURSE COMPLIANCE IN INDEPENDENT DOUBLE CHECK (IDC) AND THE INCIDENT OF MEDICATION ERROR AT X HOSPITAL

Independent Double Check  (IDC)  before drugs administration is one of the most important things to be implemented by nurses in hospitals to improve patient safety and prevent medication errors. IDC involves two nurses who do the checking independently, the second nurse answers will be compared with the answers from the first nurse without any input from the first nurse to verify that the check is correct. This study aims to determine the description of nurse compliance in conducting an IDC and medication error incidents at X hospital. This research uses descriptive quantitative research design with a total sampling technique. Data collection was carried out by observing 52 nurses when they were going to administer the drug and the data were analyzed using univariate analysis methods. The results showed as many as 35 respondents (67.3%) out of 52 respondents had carried out an IDC process following the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) established by X hospital and based on data there were a total of seven incident reports of medication errors at X hospital.