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Background: Medication error is one of the problems that threaten patients safety in hospital. Medication errors can occur in some phases, one of them in the administrative phase. Errors that occur when administering medication to patients will have a detrimental effect and endanger the patient whether it causes even minor injury or severe injury. The way to overcome this medication error is by knowing the factors causing medication error in the hospital. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors causing medication errors in administration phase in X Hospital Methods: The design of the study was a cross sectional study. The total sample for this study was 40 nurses. Statistical analyses were conducted using chi square. Results: The results showed that the age and education level were not significant with medication error in X Hospital. Length of work has p value = 0 so it is concluded that length of work has a relationship with medication error in X hospital Conclusion: There is a correlation between length of work with medication error in X hospital. This study recommends to improve the standard of service in hospitals to preventing medication errors in hospital.