Practice and effect of nursing safety management for indwelling catheters / 中华护理杂志

Objective To investigate the methods of nursing safety management for indwelling catheters. Methods The nursing safety management measures included the establishment of three-level monitoring network of safety management for indwelling catheters,standardization of 25 kinds of catheter identification cards,formulation of prevention procedure and reporting system of catheter extrusion,design of catheter management handbook,organization of training and examination on the relative skills for nurses. Results Nurses' safety awareness of indwelling catheters was strengthened. And nurses could distinguish different catheters promptly and provide efficacious and safe nursing services. There was no nursing error,nursing dispute and patient complaints towards nursing care of indwelling catheters. Conclusion The implementation of nursing safety management for indwelling catheters can ensure medical and nursing safety,and promote the continuous improvement of quality of nursing.

Construction and application of network reporting system for nursing adverse events in Zhejiang province / 中华护理杂志

Objective To construct a network reporting system for nursing adverse events and build unified information network in Zhejiang province in order to make the management of nursing adverse events more standardized and scientific.Method Based on the 5W1H (what,where,when,who,how) principle,the adverse event factor ranking system and the references recommend by national patient safety agency,a network reporting system for nursing adverse events was constructed in Zhejiang province.Results This reporting system was characterized by non-punishment, confidentiality, independence, time-effectiveness, lspecialist-analysis and focalization, which reflected the scientificalness and humanity in nursing safety management. Conclusion This reporting system helps to collect,analyze,communicate and share the information on nursing safety,and thereby ensures the continuous improvement of nursing safety management.

Supervising System on Hospital High-alert Medications:Theory and Practice / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To explore the approach and starting point for the management of hospital high-alert medications so as to enhance the level of drug safety control.METHODS:By reviewing pertinent literature,the background,concept and categories of high-alert medications as well as the practice and experiences of carrying out management on high-alert medications in our hospital were introduced.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:The management on hospital high-alert medications has effectively lowered the risks of it.In view of the frequent occurring drug safety events,it is necessary to implement the corresponding management on high-alert medications in medical institution.It is advisable to establish a corresponding list of high-alert medications as well as a supervising system in medical institutions to improve drug control safety level and risk prevention ability.