Patient safety: knowledge between multiprofessional residents

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,João Lucas Campos de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva,Simone Viana da, Santos,Pamela Regina dos, Matsuda,Laura Misue, Tonini,Nelsi Salete, Nicola,Anair Lazzari
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Einstein (São Paulo)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082017000100050
• topic: Patient safety; Internship and residency; Knowledge management

ABSTRACT Objective To assess the knowledge of multiprofesional residents in health about the security of the patient theme. Methods Cross-sectional study, quantitative, developed with graduate courses/residence specialties of health in a public university of Paraná, Brazil. Participants (n=78) answered a questionnaire containing nine objective questions related to patient safety. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, in proportion measures. The minimum 75% of correct answers was considered the cutoff for positive evaluation. Results The sample was predominantly composed of young people from medical programs. Almost half of the items evaluated (n=5) achieved the established positive pattern, especially those who dealt with the hand hygiene moments (98.8%) and goal of the Patient Safety National Program (92.3%). The identification of the patient was the worst rated item (37.7%). In the analysis by professional areas, only the Nursing reached the standard of hits established. Conclusion Knowledge of the residents was threshold.