This study analyzes the influence of medical prescriptions' writing on the occurrence of medication errors in the medical wards of five Brazilian hospitals. This descriptive study used data obtained from a multicenter study conducted in 2005. The population was composed of 1,425 medication errors and the sample included 92 routes through which medication was wrongly administered. The pharmacological classes most frequently involved in errors were cardiovascular agents (31.5%), medication that acts on the nervous system (23.9%), and on the digestive system and metabolism (13.0%). In relation to the prescription items that may have contributed to such errors, we verified that 91.3% of prescriptions contained acronyms and abbreviations; patien...
SummaryObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of clinically significant prescription errors in a Brazil...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...
This study analyzes the influence of medical prescriptions' writing on the occurrence of medication ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the pharmacological characteristics of medicines involved in administration ...
The aims of this study were to analyze the redaction of the prescription in dose errors that occurre...
The aims of this study were to analyze the redaction of the prescription in dose errors that occurre...
Introduction: A medication error is any avoidable event that may be related to professional practice...
This was a retrospective, descriptive and documental study with the aim of identifying adverse drug ...
Medication errors can cause serious consequences to patients, professionals and healthcare instituti...
Objective: To identify and describe actual or potential medication errors related to drug informatio...
Objective: To identify and describe actual or potential medication errors related to drug informatio...
In Brazil, millions of prescriptions do not follow the legal requirements necessary to guarantee the...
SummaryObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of clinically significant prescription errors in a Brazil...
Este estudo analisou, em quatro hospitais brasileiros, tipos, causas, providências administrativas t...
SummaryObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of clinically significant prescription errors in a Brazil...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...
This study analyzes the influence of medical prescriptions' writing on the occurrence of medication ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the pharmacological characteristics of medicines involved in administration ...
The aims of this study were to analyze the redaction of the prescription in dose errors that occurre...
The aims of this study were to analyze the redaction of the prescription in dose errors that occurre...
Introduction: A medication error is any avoidable event that may be related to professional practice...
This was a retrospective, descriptive and documental study with the aim of identifying adverse drug ...
Medication errors can cause serious consequences to patients, professionals and healthcare instituti...
Objective: To identify and describe actual or potential medication errors related to drug informatio...
Objective: To identify and describe actual or potential medication errors related to drug informatio...
In Brazil, millions of prescriptions do not follow the legal requirements necessary to guarantee the...
SummaryObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of clinically significant prescription errors in a Brazil...
Este estudo analisou, em quatro hospitais brasileiros, tipos, causas, providências administrativas t...
SummaryObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of clinically significant prescription errors in a Brazil...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...
Eventos adversos aos medicamentos e erros de medicação são muito comuns na prática assistencial e po...