1

Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

2

How long have you worked at the trust as a consultant anaesthetist?

3

How long have you been practicing anaesthetics for?

4

What does the term “peri-operative medication error” mean to you?

5

Can you talk me through a time when you were involved in a peri-operative medication error?

6

In your experience is there a difference between how peri-operative medication errors occur between emergency and elective theatres?

7

What do you think are the contributory factors to peri-operative medication errors?

8

What are your views on administering medication as a result of a verbal order?

9

How about if someone hands you a syringe of a medicine to administer to a patient?

10

What influences your decision to report a peri-operative medication error?

11

What about near misses?

12

What do you think we as a profession can do to reduce peri-operative medication errors?