2014
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0194201400003
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Use of safety strategies to identify children for drug administration

Abstract: Objective: To understand the use of safety strategies in child identification for drug administration. Methods: In this cross-sectional study at a pediatric unit, drugs were distributed in a centralized and unique manner. We conducted 373 observations of the process for preparing and distributing drugs carried out by 25 nursing professionals. Results: The pharmacy had distributed 198 (53.1%) medicines without identifying the drugs' label, which, while in storage, was identified with the child's first name hand… Show more

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“…The identification of the child in the medication label was made only with the first name in 88.2% of the oral administrations. We also found that no safety strategies were used in the child identification before the administration of medications, with no data standardization (25) . This problem may be related to the fact that, usually, the children stay in the Pediatric Housing Unity for considerable periods of time, which generates greater familiarity and recognition of the children by the professionals (1) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The identification of the child in the medication label was made only with the first name in 88.2% of the oral administrations. We also found that no safety strategies were used in the child identification before the administration of medications, with no data standardization (25) . This problem may be related to the fact that, usually, the children stay in the Pediatric Housing Unity for considerable periods of time, which generates greater familiarity and recognition of the children by the professionals (1) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Ainda, a fixação do rótulo deve ser no dispositivo em que a medicação está armazenada, no intuito de atuar como barreira e evitar confusão quando há mais de uma medicação na bandeja (27,12) .…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Dessa maneira, inúmeras estratégias e barreiras de segurança podem ser aplicadas nos serviços de saúde a fim de diminuir os erros durante o processo de preparo de medicamentos. Contudo, observa-se que barreiras simples e que demonstram grande efetividade, como a identificação correta do paciente no preparo de medicações, não estão totalmente implantadas nas instituições (12) .…”
Section: Utilización De Barreras De Seguridaden La Preparación De Drounclassified
“…drug preparation and in 161 (88.5%) observations of oral medication preparation. However, the full name of the patient appeared in only 10.7% of the labels, not following the five rules of medication administration and preparation (12,19) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%