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Monitoring medication errors in an internal medicine service Errores de medicación en el servicio de medicina de un hospital de alta complejidad
Fecha
2014Registro en:
Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 142, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 40-47
07176163
00349887
10.4067/S0034-98872014000100007
Autor
Smith M., Ann Loren
Ruiz A., Inés
Jirón Aliste, Marcela
Institución
Resumen
Background: Patients admitted to internal medicine services receive multiple drugs and thus are at risk of medication errors. Aim: To determine the frequency of medication errors (ME) among patients admitted to an internal medicine service of a high complexity hospital. Material and Methods: A prospective observational study conducted in 225 patients admitted to an internal medicine service. Each stage of drug utilization system (prescription, transcription, dispensing, preparation and administration) was directly observed by trained pharmacists not related to hospital staff during three months. ME were described and categorized according to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. In each stage of medication use, the frequency of ME and their characteristics were determined. Results: A total of 454 drugs were prescribed to the studied patients. In 138 (30,4%) indications, at least one ME occurred, involving 67 (29,8%) patients. Twenty four perce