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Discrepancies and Quality of Medication Allergy Documentation Between Primary Care and Hospital Information Systems: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background and Objective: Accurate medication allergy documentation is essential for patient safety. This study evaluated discrepancies and documentation quality between medication allergy records in the primary care information system (AP-Madrid) and ...
Mohamad Bakor, Elena Ramírez
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Incidentes relacionados a medicamentos em uma instituição hospitalar: subsídios para a melhoria da gestão [Drug-related incidents in a hospital: input to improving management]

Revista Enfermagem UERJ, 2015
Estudo descritivo, retrospectivo e quantitativo, cujo objetivo é identificar os incidentes relacionados a medicamentos e seus fatores determinantes descritos em notificações espontâneas, em um hospital público do Estado de São Paulo.
Flávia Fernanda Rosa D' Aquino, Carmen Maria Casquel Monti Juliani, Silvana Andrea Molina Lima, Wilza Carla Spiri, Carmen Silva Gabriel   +4 more
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Observational study on medication administration errors at a University Hospital in Brazil: incidence, nature and associated factors

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Medication administration errors are frequent and cause significant harm globally. However, only a few data are available on their prevalence, nature, and severity in developing countries, particularly in Brazil.
Lindemberg Assunção-Costa, Ivellise Costa de Sousa, Renata Kelly Rodrigues Silva, Ana Carla do Vale, Charleston Ribeiro Pinto, Juliana Ferreira Fernandes Machado, Cleidenete Gomes Valli, Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza   +7 more
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Effectiveness of the automated drug dispensing system: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objectives: to compare the effectiveness of the decentralized automated drug dispensing system with pockets. Methods: an effectiveness study based on a systematic review guided by the question: for patients admitted to hospital units, is the use of ...
Márglory Fraga de Carvalho, Juliana Mendes Marques, Cristiano Bertolossi Marta, Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino, Vivian Schutz, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva   +5 more
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Patient-centric implementation of an electronic medication management system at a tertiary hospital in Western Sydney

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2018
Background: Traditional implementations of electronic medication management (EMM) systems have involved two common formats – a ‘big bang’ approach on the day of go-live, or a phased ward-by-ward approach over months.
Naren Gunja, Ian Dunlop, Milan Vaghasiya, Kevin Kuan, Simon Poon   +4 more
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Erros de medicação em hospital universitário: tipo, causas, sugestões e providências Errores de medicación en hospital universitario: tipos, causas, sugerencias y providencias Errors of medication in a University Hospital: type, causes, suggestions and actions

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2004
Este estudo survey exploratório analisou os erros de medicação de um hospital universitário a partir de 40 entrevistas realizadas com profissionais do sistema de medicação. Os resultados mostraram que os tipos de erros mais freqüentes estão na prescrição
Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani   +1 more
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The pharmacist facing the logistics of safely dispensing, storing and preserving drugs in healthcare units [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Hospital Pharmacy Services have quickly adapted to respond to a critical situation characterized by the constant and continuous admission of patients with severe pneumonia who needed treatment, requiring a ...
Maria Josep Cabañas, Maria Queralt Gorgas   +1 more
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Effect of Patient Safety Program for Nurses on Medication Administration [PDF]

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2022
Background: Patients' safety is the main concern of all health-care systems around the world; one of international patient safety goal is medication administration safety aim: determine the effect of patient safety training program for nurses on ...
Israa Abu Hussein, Neamat Elsaied, Sanaa Ghandour   +2 more
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Concomitant prescribing and dispensing errors at a Brazilian hospital: a descriptive study

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and types of prescribing and dispensing errors occurring with high-alert medications and to propose preventive measures to avoid errors with these medications.
Maria das Dores Graciano Silva, Mário Borges Rosa, Bryony Dean Franklin, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Leni Márcia Anchieta, Joaquim Antônio César Mota   +5 more
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Nurses’ perceptions of medication administration safety in public hospitals in the Gauteng Province: A mixed method study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Limited data on factors perceived to impact on medication administration errors and possible solutions to such errors in low- and middle-income settings like South Africa is available. Methods: A mixed-methods research design was used.
Alwiena J. Blignaut, Siedine K. Coetzee, Hester C. Klopper, Suria M. Ellis   +3 more
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