ABSTRACT
The errors from doctor prescriptions can cause damage to the patient's health, consequently it is necessary to identify and to prevent them. This work aimed to evaluate if the legal and institutional aspects that are present in doctor prescription at the public and university pediatric hospital to make a diagnosis from the situation, and then to correct the problems. A survey was made was made using a cross-sectional method, where copies of 1,590 prescriptions were studied after the University Committee of Research approved the survey. The average was 4.47 drugs per prescription and following data were detectable: readable--32.39% of the prescriptions were unreadable, 49.81% presented only the commercial name, 5.25% of the drugs were not standardized. Quality of prescription in the chosen hospital needs to be better to avoid medication errors and the health care process gets safer. When prescription is unreadable, they can confuse health professionals and damage patients.
Subject(s)
Drug Prescriptions/standards , Brazil , Cross-Sectional Studies , Hospitals, Teaching/standards , Quality ControlABSTRACT
Os erros provenientes das prescrições médicas podem provocar sérios danos à saúde dos pacientes; por isso, é imprescindível que sejam identificados e prevenidos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a presença dos requisitos legais e institucionais da prescrição médica de um hospital pediátrico público de ensino, a fim de se obter um diagnóstico da situação, para então serem aplicadas as medidas corretivas. A partir da autorização do comitê de pesquisa, foi feito um estudo observacional do tipo transversal, quantitativo, no qual foram analisadas, durante três meses, todas as segundas vias das prescrições dos pacientes hospitalizados. Foram analisadas 1.590 prescrições, cada uma tendo em média 4,47 medicamentos, e obtiveram-se os seguintes dados: quanto à legibilidade, 32,39 por cento das prescrições eram pouco legíveis, 49,81 por cento continham medicamentos prescritos por nome comercial, 5,25 por cento dos medicamentos prescritos não eram padronizados. A qualidade da prescrição do hospital em estudo precisa ser melhorada, a fim de que sejam evitados erros de medicação e o processo de assistência à saúde se torne mais seguro. A falta de clareza nas prescrições pode confundir os profissionais de saúde e causar danos ao paciente.
The errors from doctor prescriptions can cause damage to the patient's health, consequently it is necessary to identify and to prevent them. This work aimed to evaluate if the legal and institutional aspects that are present in doctor prescription at the public and university pediatric hospital to make a diagnosis from the situation, and then to correct the problems. A survey was made was made using a cross-sectional method, where copies of 1,590 prescriptions were studied after the University Committee of Research approved the survey. The average was 4,47 drugs per prescription and following data were detectable: readable- 32.39 percent of the prescriptions were unreadable, 49.81 percent presented only the commercial name, 5.25 percent of the drugs were not standardized. Quality of prescription in the chosen hospital needs to be better to avoid medication errors and the health care process gets safer. When prescription is unreadable, they can confuse health professionals and damage patients.