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The prevalence of drugs use in children was high, indicating the need for formulating educational programs aiming at the awareness of caregivers regarding rational use.

RESUMO A qualidade da Atenção Primária à Saúde é avaliada a partir da presença e extensão dos atributos essenciais e derivados. O presente estudo avaliou esses atributos (saúde do adulto) na Estratégia Saúde da Família de um município do Vale do Jequitinhonha (MG). Os dados foram coletados por meio do PCATool. Foi observado escore geral abaixo do valor considerado satisfatório ( 6,6), e escores satisfatórios foram identificados para apenas dois atributos. Percebeu-se uma melhor orientação para os atributos em apenas uma área de abrangência. Acredita-se que este trabalho poderá subsidiar futuras práticas e decisões acerca do investimento público, visando ao fortalecimento da atenção primária pelos gestores.PALAVRAS-CHAVE Avaliação em saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Estratégia Saúde da Família. ABSTRACT The quality of Primary Health Care is evaluated from the presence and the extent of the essential and derived attributes. This current study has evaluated those attributes (adults´ health) in the Family Health Strategy of a municipality located in the Vale of Jequitinhonha (MG).

Objetivo: avaliar a cultura de segurança do paciente da equipe multidisciplinar em um hospital filantrópico brasileiro. Método: trata-se de estudo quantitativo, transversal, realizado com 209 profissionais, em 12 setores do hospital. Para a coleta de dados, utilizou-se o Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture, desenvolvido pela Agency for Health Research and Quality, traduzido e validado para a língua portuguesa. A confiabilidade do instrumento foi verificada pelo coeficiente Alfa de Cronbach. A análise de dados se deu por estatística descritiva. Resultados: as dimensões com maiores percentuais de respostas positivas foram: expectativas e ações de promoção da segurança do paciente pelo supervisor/chefe; aprendizado organizacional e melhoria contínua; trabalho em equipe no âmbito das unidades. Por outro lado, as dimensões com menores percentuais de respostas positivas foram: respostas não punitivas aos erros; profissionais e percepção geral de segurança do paciente. Conclusão: esses achados revelaram que todas as dimensões da cultura de segurança do paciente devem ser trabalhadas com os profissionais da equipe de saúde, uma vez que nenhuma das dimensões superou 75% de respostas positivas. Palavras-chave: Segurança do Paciente; Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde; Cultura Organizacional; Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente. ABSTR ACT Objective: to evaluate patient safety culture on the part of the multidisciplinary team in a Brazilian philanthropic hospital. Method: this is a quantitative cross-sectional study carried out with 209 professionals in 12 hospital sectors. For the data collection, the Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture, developed by the Agency for Health Research and Quality, was used, translated and validated for the Portuguese language. The reliability of the instrument was verified by the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient. Data analysis was accomplished by descriptive statistics. Results: the dimensions with the highest percentages of positive responses were: expectations and actions to promote patient safety by the supervisor/chief; organizational learning and continuous improvement; team work within the units. On the other hand, the dimensions with lower percentages of positive responses were: non-punitive responses to errors; professional and general perception on patient safety. Conclusion: these findings revealed that all dimensions of the patient safety culture should be worked out with the healthcare professionals, since that none of the dimensions exceeded 75% of positive responses.

Objective:to characterize and determine the polypharmacy prevalence in patients with chronic diseases and to identify the factors associated, in order to improvement of pharmaceutical care focused on patient safety.Methods:cross-sectional study included 558 patients, covered by primary health care, using a household and structured questionnaire. We analyzed the data on polypharmacy and its clinical and socioeconomic factors. Poisson regression analysis with robust variance was applied, with results expressed in prevalence ratio.Results:the results showed that polypharmacy (consumption of four or more drugs) was of 37.6%. The prevalence ratio analyses identified independent variables associated with polypharmacy: age (3.05), economic strata (0.33), way of medication acquisition through a combination of out-of-pocket and Brazilian public health system (1.44), diabetes and hypertension (2.11), comorbidities (coronary artery disease 2.26) and hospital admission (1.73). In the analyses, inappropriate medication use of the 278 patients (≥ 65 years) was associated with polypharmacy (prevalence ratio 4.04).Conclusion:polypharmacy study becomes an opportunity to guide the strategies for the patient safety to promote the medication without harm in chronic diseases.

Objective:This study describes the development of the medication history of the medical records to measure factors associated with medication errors among chronic diseases patients in Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Methods:retrospective, descriptive observational study of secondary data, through the review of medical records of hypertensive and diabetic patients, from March to October 2016. Results:The patients the mean age of patient was 62.1 ± 14.3 years. The number of basic nursing care (95.5%) prevailed and physician consultations were 82.6%. Polypharmacy was recorded in 54% of sample, and review of the medication lists by a pharmacist revealed that 67.0% drug included at least one risk. The most common risks were: drug-drug interaction (57.8%), renal risk (29.8%), risk of falling (12.9%) and duplicate therapies (11.9%). Factors associated with medications errors history were chronic diseases and polypharmacy, that persisted in multivariate analysis, with adjusted RP chronic diseases, diabetes RP 1.55 (95%IC 1.04-1.94), diabetes/hypertension RP 1.6 (95%CI 1.09-1.23) and polypharmacy RP 1.61 (95%IC 1.41-1.85), respectively. Conclusion:Medication errors are known to compromise patient safety. This has led to the suggestion that medication reconciliation an entry point into the systems health, ongoing care coordination and a person focused approach for people and their families.

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Background Unintentional child poisoning represents a significant public health problem across the globe, placing a substantial burden on health services emergency departments. Around the world, every year, thousands of children die as a result of physical injuries, most of which involve children under 5 years old. Medicines are the main products involved in poisoning, and children under 5 years old are the most vulnerable age group. The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of unsafe storage of medicines in households with a 4-year-old child. Methods We used data from the follow-up of 4-year-old in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study in Brazil ( N = 3799). “Unsafe storage” was considered present when medicines were stored unlocked and within reach of children (at a height below the eye level of the average adult). Independent variables included maternal and family socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and the child’s health care. All information was collected during household interviews with the mothers using a standardized questionnaire. The overall prevalence rate with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and the prevalence associated with various independent variables were determined. Results The storage of medicines in unlocked areas was reported by 80.9% of the mothers, and, within reach of children for 26.5%. The overall prevalence rate of unsafe storage of medicines was 21.4% (20.1–22.7%). The main storage locations used were the kitchen (57.0%) and bedroom (53.3%). Conclusions The results indicate that medicines were unsafely stored in a 21.4% number of homes, which can contribute to the vulnerability of children to poisoning from medicines. To minimize this risk, education about the safe storage of medicines should be reinforced by health professionals.