Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Intervenciones en la administración de medicamentos de alto riesgo. |
| Alternate Title: |
Interventions in the administration of high-risk drugs. |
| Authors: |
Romero Gutiérrez, Dafne Liseth1 dafne.romero.g@gmail.com, Almiray Soto, Alma Lidia2, Ensaldo Carrasco, Eduardo3 |
| Source: |
Revista CONAMED. abr-jun2020, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p95-97. 3p. |
| Abstract (English): |
Introduction: Medication error represent a patient safety priority. Since 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared medication safety as the third global challenge. A key area for the prevention of medication errors are good practices for administering high-risk medications. To achieve this, is crucial that nursing professionals are involved as they represent a valuable human resource for the health system and ensuring patient safety. In this context, high-risk medications possess a high risk to cause severe harm o even death. Therefore, this article presents a list of recommendations for the safe administration of high-risk medications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Introducción: Los errores de medicación representan una de las prioridades de seguridad del paciente. Desde el año 2017, la Organización Mundial de la Salud declaró a la medicación segura como el tercer reto global. Una de las áreas estratégicas para prevenir los errores de medicación son las buenas prácticas en la administración de medicamentos de alto riesgo. Para lograrlo, es crucial el involucramiento del personal de enfermería, dado que representan un recurso humano valioso para el sistema de salud y el procuramiento de la seguridad del paciente. En este contexto, los medicamentos de alto riesgo son un tipo de fármacos con alto potencial de ocasionar daños graves o, incluso, mortales. Por lo tanto, en este artículo se presenta un listado de recomendaciones para la administración segura de medicamentos de alto riesgo por el personal de enfermería. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
