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Automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) are used widely, but safety gaps remain. Nursing-pharmacy collaboration, expert guidance, self-assessment tools, compliance with nursing best practices, and continuing education are essential to optimize the safety and productivity of ADC use.
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Tratamento Farmacológico/enfermagem , Erros de Medicação/prevenção & controle , Sistemas de Medicação/organização & administração , Gestão de Riscos/métodos , Desenho de Equipamento , Humanos , Sistemas de Medicação/normas , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Padrões de Referência , Estados UnidosRESUMO
SUMMARY: Nurses have plenty to say about making and reporting medication errors. Compare their experiences with yours and learn how you can improve the medication administration process.
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Erros de Medicação/prevenção & controle , Erros de Medicação/estatística & dados numéricos , Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/estatística & dados numéricos , Serviço Hospitalar de Enfermagem , Serviços de Informação sobre Medicamentos , Humanos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Critical care units are busy, complicated settings where the margins of error are narrow and the challenges to patient safety are ever present. Applying the 80/20 rule, front-line nurses can reduce medication errors by focusing on the safe use of "high-alert" medications. There are three primary principles that practitioners can use for safeguarding against medication errors that may result from high-alert drugs. These include: reducing or eliminating the possibility of errors, making errors visible, and minimizing the consequences of errors. These principles constitute a framework of safety that guides the development of proactive error reduction strategies.
