Interruptions in nursing work: Safety in the preparation and administration of the drug

Joint Event on 29^th International Conference on Pediatric Nursing & Healthcare & 31^st World Congress on Advanced Nursing Practice

August 16-17, 2018 | Madrid, Spain

Cris Renata Grou Volpe, Breno de Sousa Santana, Barbara Soares Rodrigues, Marina Morato Stival Lima and Tania Cristina Morais Santa Barbara Rehen

Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the prevalence of errors in medication process and interruptions in the nursing work in medical clinic inpatient units in two public hospitals in the Federal District, Brazil. Method: Observational, comparative and exploratory quantitative character. Data were collected from July 2012 to May 2014. The sample consisted of health professionals involved in the medication process, is 8 in the hospital 1 and 18 in the hospital 2. Results: In hospital 1 were observed 484 doses and a total of 865 errors, of witch 464 (56.3%) were directly related to work interruptions. In hospital 2 were observed 415 doses and 583 medication errors, and these, 118 (24.4%) were associated with interruptions. Conclusions: Work interruptions negatively influence the medication process, jeopardizing patient safety. Risk management measures should be implemented in order to reduce sources of interruptions in nursing work and reduce the chance of adverse medication events

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