MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY

The objective is to identify the evidences and implications of medication administration errors for patient safety. An integrative review was undertaken through a search in four databases in May 2015. A sample of 40 articles was obtained, submitted to descriptive...

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Main Authors:	Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes, Yole Matias Silveira de Assis, Micheline da Fonseca Silva, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa, Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal do Paraná 2016-09-01
Series:	Cogitare Enfermagem
Subjects:	Medication errors Patient safety Nursing
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i3.44472

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spellingShingle	Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes Yole Matias Silveira de Assis Micheline da Fonseca Silva Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY Cogitare Enfermagem Medication errors Patient safety Nursing
author_facet	Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes Yole Matias Silveira de Assis Micheline da Fonseca Silva Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
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title	MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
title_short	MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
title_full	MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
title_fullStr	MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
title_full_unstemmed	MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
title_sort	medication administration errors: evidences and implications for patient safety
publisher	Universidade Federal do Paraná
series	Cogitare Enfermagem
issn	1414-8536 2176-9133
publishDate	2016-09-01
description	The objective is to identify the evidences and implications of medication administration errors for patient safety. An integrative review was undertaken through a search in four databases in May 2015. A sample of 40 articles was obtained, submitted to descriptive statistics. Descriptive studies of evidence level 4 were predominant (n=28; 70%), published in Brazil (n=17; 42.5%). The following errors stood out: dose errors (n=27; 67.5%), wrong drug (n=25; 62.5%); wrong patient (n=21; 52.5%); wrong time (n=20;50%); wrong route (n=17;42.5%), besides documentation errors, omission of justifications when necessary and others. This type of event is responsible for causing irreparable damage to the patient or even death.
topic	Medication errors Patient safety Nursing
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY

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