2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102009000300013
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Erros na prescrição hospitalar de medicamentos potencialmente perigosos

Abstract: Erros na prescrição hospitalar de medicamentos potencialmente perigososErrors in hospital prescriptions of high-alert medications RESUMO OBJETIVO: Os erros de medicação são atualmente um problema mundial de saúde pública, sendo os mais sérios os de prescrição. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar a prática da prescrição de medicamentos de alto risco e sua relação com a prevalência de erros de medicação em ambiente hospitalar. MÉTODOS:Estudo transversal retrospectivo abrangendo 4.026 prescrições com medicamentos p… Show more

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“…These medications have an inherent risk for harming patients if there is a mistake in the process of drug administration. The seriousness of the errors associated with these drugs is high; the drugs may lead to permanent or fatal outcomes (Rosa et al, 2009). The present study suggests that there is still room at the HCPA for improvement in the third international goal for patient safety, that is, improvement of high-alert medications safety.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These medications have an inherent risk for harming patients if there is a mistake in the process of drug administration. The seriousness of the errors associated with these drugs is high; the drugs may lead to permanent or fatal outcomes (Rosa et al, 2009). The present study suggests that there is still room at the HCPA for improvement in the third international goal for patient safety, that is, improvement of high-alert medications safety.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another study. (18) found errors in names of patients in 4.7% of handwriting prescription, mixed name and typing errors in pre- scription. In 33.7%, there was difficult to identify prescriber, a similar finding in our report.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…One study, (18) showed that lack of standardization and rotine use of abbreviations (33.3/prescription) are important fails that can lead to errors in medication process. Of note, (20) some names of medications should be never abreviated, such as: units, microgram, subcutaneous, and cubic centimeter because any mistake in such information can cause severe harms to patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies conducted in various Brazilian states (Aguiar et al, 2006;Silva et al, 2007;Miasso et al, 2009;Rosa et al, 2009), involving seven hospitals show that incomplete prescriptions are frequent, as is the use of abbreviations and illegible prescriptions.…”
Section: From Daily Prescription To Dischargementioning
confidence: 99%