Incorporação de novas tecnologias de informação em um sistema de distribuição de medicamentos : avaliação quanto ao aumento da segurança de pacientes / Incorporation of new information technologies in a system of drug distribution: evaluation in increasing the safety of patients

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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Introduction: The field hospital has been undergoing constant organizational changes due to the introduction of new technologies that encourage patient safety. Those applied to the distribution of drugs can shorten the number of errors distribution, obtain real-time a high level of information about every process and better manage the time of the pharmacist in order to increase the intervention of the prevention of medication errors. A previous study found problems in the repackaging and an average of about 14% of medication errors in Distribution System for Prescription Drugs traveler at a university hospital. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of deployment of new technologies to the largest patient safety in a system of distribution of drugs in a university hospital. The evaluation was divided into: 1) individualization of medication by repackaging, using bar code identification of drugs, 2) identification of critical points in the new process established for the Distribution System for Prescription Drugs traveler, 3) identification and analysis of medication errors after implementation of control system by bar code. Methods: We performed cross-sectional studies. For the evaluation of the individualization process has been developed an assessment tool adapted from recommendations and previous studies, according to the practice of repackaging. We used the assessment tool in routine writing and, through the technique of participant observation, it was found the suitability of its execution, as the same instrument. For the identification of critical points of the Distribution System of Medicines was analyzed and verified every step which could occur from medication errors. For evaluation of the Distribution of Prescription Drugs Individualized was a transversal study, which used the technique of participant observation and convenience sampling. Were evaluated prescriptions linked to the Distribution System for Prescription Drug Individualized technology bar code. Results: To evaluate the process of individualization were observed fractionation of 42 oral dosage forms and injectables where routine writing process of individuation attended 66% of the items recommended and play the same 63% attended. For evaluation of the Distribution of Prescription Drugs Individualized analyzed 290 prescriptions linked to the Distribution System for Prescription Drug Individualized of these, 25% had some type of medication error. The total number of items analyzed was 2659, with 74 occurrences of medication errors (2.78%). Compared with earlier data the number of errors per clinic or in general had a statistically significant reduction. Conclusions: The results show that the use of new technologies increases the quality of service by preventing medication errors. Therefore, the system of reading bar codes associated with changes in the infrastructure and work processes can be described as the major factors in reducing the rates of errors in dispensing drugs in the hospital.

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unitarização de dose unitarization dose information technology erros de medicação : prevenção tecnologias de informação e comunicação (tics) bar code código de barras system of drug distribution repackaging of drugs reembalagem de medicamentos medication errors sistema de distribuição de medicamentos hospital pharmacy

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