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Cómo optimizar la seguridad en el uso de medicamentos en urgencia / How to optimize the safe use urgency medicines
Herrada H., Luis; Jirón A., Marcela; Yañez R., Nicolás.
Afiliación
  • Herrada H., Luis; Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Servicio de Emergencia. Santiago. CL
  • Jirón A., Marcela; Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas. Santiago. CL
  • Yañez R., Nicolás; Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Medicina. Programa Medicina de Urgencia. Santiago. CL
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile ; 25(3): 201-205, 2014. graf
Article en Es | LILACS | ID: lil-795846
Biblioteca responsable: CL36.1
ABSTRACT
Medication errors are defined as any preventable event that may cause harm to the patient or lead to inappropriate medication use. There are factors that determine the occurrence of medication errors in health services, such as insufficient knowledge of patient care load, fast speed in care, variety and complexity of the routes of drug administration, among others. There are multiple studies in Emergency Departments where increased incidence of medication errors where observed. In our Emergency Department the frequency of medication errors was established at 29.4 percent. To avoid these errors, prevention strategies were generated depending on the type of error. As specific strategies in our emergency department we have assured the presence of a clinical pharmacist in the health team, local protocols for indications have been created and ongoing training of health personnel has been mandatory. The objective of these measures is to ensure quality and safety of patient care. We recognize that errors will occur due to the type of care we provide, and therefore we should implement measures at hand to reduce them...
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Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Asunto principal: Preparaciones Farmacéuticas / Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos / Sistemas de Comunicación entre Servicios de Urgencia / Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital Tipo de estudio: Guideline Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: Es Revista: Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Asunto principal: Preparaciones Farmacéuticas / Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos / Sistemas de Comunicación entre Servicios de Urgencia / Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital Tipo de estudio: Guideline Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: Es Revista: Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article