Characterization of notified incidents involving the use of drugs in adult inpatient units

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4624

Keywords:

Erros de medicação, Segurança do paciente, Gestão de riscos, Sistemas de medicação, Unidades de Internação

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the reported incidents involving the use of medication in adult inpatient units of a university hospital. Method: this is an observational, cross-sectional, in a large university hospital in the south of the country. We used 1896 notifications from the institution's electronic system regarding medication errors, between 2015 and 2017, in 13 adult clinical and surgical hospitalization units. To analyze the variables, a specific instrument and descriptive statistics were used. Results: medication incidents were related to prescription (85.9%) and administration (10.1%) and involved prescription delay (77%) and wrong dose (7.9%), respectively. Errors were concentrated in 2015 (70.2%), in surgical inpatient units (90%) and information was partially filled and/or incomplete in the notifications (70%). Conclusion: the characterization of the incidents supported the implementation of strategies by the institution's managers, focused on the problem, reducing notifications and improving patient care.

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Author Biographies

Igor Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil.

Enfermeiro. Especialista em Urgência e Emergência

Caren De Oliveira Riboldi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem

Simone Silveira Pasin, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre – HCPA, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Mestre em Enfermagem

Eloni Terezinha Rotta, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre – HCPA, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil.

Farmacêutica. Mestre em Ciências da Saúde

Ana Maria Muller de Magalhães, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem

Wiliam Wegner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre – HCPA, Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil.

Enfermeiro. Doutor em Enfermagem

Published

2022-11-18

How to Cite

Terra, I., De Oliveira Riboldi, C., Silveira Pasin, S., Terezinha Rotta, E., Muller de Magalhães, A. M., & Wegner, W. (2022). Characterization of notified incidents involving the use of drugs in adult inpatient units. Revista De Enfermagem Do Centro-Oeste Mineiro, 12. https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4624