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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doaj-227ac34e4b3c4254ae696fe4b185f3c92021-01-02T09:18:20ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáCogitare Enfermagem1414-85362176-91332016-09-012130111http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i3.44472MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETYAndréa Tayse de Lima GomesYole Matias Silveira de AssisMicheline da Fonseca SilvaIsabelle Katherinne Fernandes CostaAlexsandra Rodrigues FeijãoViviane Euzébia Pereira SantosThe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i3.44472Medication errorsPatient safetyNursing |
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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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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 |
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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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Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes |
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY |
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY |
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY |
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY |
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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: EVIDENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY |
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medication administration errors: evidences and implications for patient safety |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná |
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Cogitare Enfermagem |
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1414-8536 2176-9133 |
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2016-09-01 |
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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. |
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Medication errors Patient safety Nursing |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i3.44472 |
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