The operating room (OR) is a demanding and time-constrained setting, in comparison to primary care settings, where perioperative medication administration is more complicated and there is a high risk that the patient will experience a medication error.

Without consulting the pharmacist or seeking assistance from other staff members, anesthesia clinicians prepare, deliver, and monitor strong anesthetic drugs.

The operating room (OR) is a demanding and time-constrained setting, in comparison to primary care settings, where perioperative medication administration is more complicated and there is a high risk that the patient will experience a medication error. Anesthesia clinicians prepare, deliver, and monitor strong anesthetic drugs without consulting pharmacists or seeking assistance from other staff members.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of medication administration errors by anesthetists and associated factors in referral and teaching hospitals in the Amhara region of, Ethiopia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• all anesthetists with a minimum of six months of working experience, the ability to respond to the questionnaire using the listed online choices, and involvement in direct patient care to be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anesthetists who were not involved in medication administration and those serving in administrative positions were excluded from the study.

all volunteer anesthetists with a minimum of six months of working experience and able to respond to the questionnaire using the listed online choices.