Seguridad del paciente: aplicación de gestión de calidad para prevenir errores de medicación en el circuito de uso de medicamentos

Abstract

This work achieved, through quality management, the commitment of a team of health professionals to seek and make changes for patient safety, and to improve the quality of services provided by the hospital.

Effects of the implementation of a preventive interventions program on the reduction of medication errors in critically ill adult patients

“…Different Latin-American studies have addressed the effect of individual interventions on specific stages of the medication management process [11][12][13][14][15][16]. However, there is no published information on the evaluation of a bundle of preventive measures, applied by a multidisciplinary team to all the stages of medication use.…”

“…Only a few studies conducted in Latin American countries allow the identification of part of the processes and causes most responsible for errors. Those studies have been carried out in hospitalized patients in Brazil [11][12][13], Mexico [14], Uruguay [15], and Argentina [16], reporting ME rates to a specific stage of medication process and different setting than adult ICU. In addition, medical record review has been the method mainly used for detecting MEs [17].…”

Panorama de los errores de medicación en Latinoamérica: Oportunidades para la ergonomía/factores humanos

“…Los errores más comunes incluidos en los artículos fueron los de prescripción y administración, así como los errores humanos asociados a la atención en salud. Tal es el caso presentado por Salamano et al, (2013), quienes encontraron que de los 506 errores de medicación identificados en el Hospital Provincial del Centenario de la ciudad de Rosario (Argentina) durante el mes de mayo de 2009, el 50,2% correspondían a errores en la etapa de prescripción, siendo la doble prescripción la causa de mayor peso como resultado de un sistema de distribución de medicamentos carente de evaluación continua.…”

Segurança do paciente e medicamentos potencialmente perigosos: adaptação transcultural de um questionário

“…Por conseguinte, as instituições de saúde devem cultivar um processo ininterrupto de identificação, elucidação, incorporação de princípios vitais e inovações para a redução dos erros, oferecendo um ponto de vista sistêmico para a resolução do problema (SALAMANO et al, 2013). (BRASIL, 2014c;BRASIL, 2013a).…”