%0 Journal Article
%T IDENTIFICACI¨®N Y AN¨¢LISIS DE LOS ERRORES DE MEDICACI¨®N EN SEIS HOSPITALES BRASILE£¿OS
%A de Bortoli Cassiani
%A Silvia Helena
%A Silvia Monzani
%A Aline Aparecida
%A Bauer De Camargo Silva
%A Ana Elisa
%A Trevisani Fakih
%A Fl¨¢vio
%A Perufo Opitz
%A Simone
%A Alux Teixeira
%A Thalyta Cardoso
%J Ciencia y enfermer¨ªa
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0717-95532010000100010
%X this study identified medication errors that occurred at the medical clinics of 6 brazilian hospitals, using direct observation. the sample consisted of doses prescribed and administered at the clinics, which were observed during the data collection period, respecting a minimum of 35 doses/day, during a 30-day period. the results evidenced that: 1.7% of the administered medication was different from the prescribed drugs; 4.8% of the administered doses were different from the prescriptions; 1.5% of the medication was administered through routes different from the prescriptions; 0.3% of patients received non-authorized medication; about 7.4% of the medication were administered more than 1 h after and 2.2% more than 1 h before the prescribed medication time.
%K medication errors
%K patient safety
%K medication administration.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-95532010000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en