Medication errors represent a significant global issue, leading to numerous fatalities each year and adding complexity to healthcare systems. In Bangladesh, the prevalence of medication errors stands at 38%. This study aimed to identify the factors that influence medication errors among nurses at a tertiary-level hospital in the country. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted involving 114 registered nurses at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, utilizing a convenience sampling method. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicated that nurses in Bangladesh exhibited moderate to high susceptibility to medication errors in a tertiary-level setting. Key factors identified as contributing to these errors included inadequate staffing levels (4.41 ± 0.81), patients being off the ward for other care (4.39 ± 0.74), communication issues between nurses and physicians (4.36 ± 0.95), nurses being pulled between teams and other units (4.32 ± 0.77), and insufficient in-service training on new medications (4.23 ± 0.87). Moreover, nurses working ward (F=11.51, P=.001) and working experience (t=4.13, P=.041) had a significant relationship with factors influencing medication errors. The research found several variables that cause medication mistakes, including nurses' service experience and working ward. This study's results might help hospital administrators establish effective intervention methods and mitigate medication error risk variables to improve patient safety and care.

Feline panleukopenia is a single-stranded DNA virus. It is a highly contagious and often lethal viral infection in cats. The present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence, associated common risk factors, and therapeutic response of the disease in cats in the study area. The disease was diagnosed based on history, characteristic clinical findings, and laboratory diagnosis by a Rapid diagnosis test kit. Information on age, season, sex, and immune status was evaluated to determine the risk factors of feline panleukopenia virus infection in cats. The present investigation showed that 58.33% of cats tested positive for FPV. In addition, cats under the age of six months had a greater incidence of infection (67.12%) than cats between the ages of seven and twelve months (59.18%) and cats over twelve months (38.24%). Winter (68.18%) had a higher prevalence of FPV than summer (52.83%) and rainy (48.65). In the present study, male cats had a higher frequency of FPV (60.49%) than female cats (56%). The non-vaccinated cats exhibited FPV positive (62.96%) compared to vaccinated cats (28.57%).  In addition, 42 (46.15%) animals had full recovery from infection. The recovery rate (65.52%) of cats aged 7 to 12 months was higher than that of two other age groups. Additionally, more cats were recovered in the summer season (64.29%) than in the winter (33.33%) or during the rainy season (50%). Compared to non-vaccinated cats (44.71%), FPV-positive vaccinated animals have demonstrated a higher recovery percentage (66.66%). Proper hygienic management and vaccination are important measures to check the FPV infection in cats. The status of the prevalence and associated risk factors is necessary to control the fatal infection of cats in the study area.

Genetic variability plays a crucial role in hybridization and the development of crops with desirable traits. This study, conducted at the Regional Agricultural Research Station of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute in Chattogram, focused on assessing genetic diversity, correlations, and path coefficients related to yield and other traits in 31 cowpea genotypes. The experiment, designed as a randomized complete block with three replications, revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all traits measured, as confirmed by analysis of variance. While most traits showed minimal differences between phenotypic and genotypic variances, plant height and yield per plant were more significantly influenced by environmental factors. The coefficients of variation were low for days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, and days to harvesting; moderate for seeds per plant; and high for other traits. Plant height, thousand-seed weight, and yield per plant exhibited high heritability and substantial genetic advance, suggesting that direct selection for these traits would be effective due to their additive genetic control. The correlation analysis indicated significant positive relationships between yield per plant and several flowering and maturity traits at both the genotypic and phenotypic levels. Path analysis identified plant height, days to 50% flowering, days to harvesting, seeds per plant, pods per plant, and thousand-seed weight as having positive direct effects on yield per plant, implying that selection for these traits could enhance cowpea yield. Among the evaluated genotypes, E25 stood out as the highest yielding with 533.33 g yield per plant, early maturity at 84 days after sowing, moderate thousand-seed weight (124.33 g), seeds per plant (13.87), and plant height (103.33 cm), making it a promising candidate for hybridization. This research provides valuable insights for cowpea breeding programs, highlighting the importance of selecting specific traits like plant height, flowering time, and thousand-seed weight to develop high-yielding, resilient cowpea varieties adaptable to diverse agricultural conditions.