Analysis of the records of drug prescriptions in a university hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Flávia Janólio Costacurta Pinto da
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Elizabeth Santana Alves de, Rocha, Flávia Calixto, Santana, Maria Aparecida Vieira, Silva, Elis Carla Costa Matos, Lemos, Lígia Mara Dolce de, LLapa-Rodríguez, Eliana Ofelia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50074
• topic: Prescripciones de Medicamentos; Errores de Medicación; Sistemas de Medicación en Hospital; Prescrições de Medicamentos; Erros de Medicação; Sistemas de Medicação no Hospital; Drug Prescriptions; Medication Errors; Medication Systems, Hospital

OBJECTIVE: to analyze drug prescriptions in three inpatient units of a university hospital in the State of Sergipe. METHOD: this was a descriptive, transversal, and documental study. Data were collected in inpatient units during ten days in March of 2012. The sample consisted of 286 prescriptions with 2,605 items related to drugs. The study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Sergipe, under number CAAE 0263.0.107.000-11. RESULTS: out of the total prescriptions analyzed, 48% were typed, 98% did not show the patients record number, and 100.0% contained abbreviations and acronyms. Out of the 4,522 prescribed drugs, a prevalence in the absence of dosage form, drug name, and other data on the medication was observed. CONCLUSION: the existence of inadequacies in the records of drug prescriptions has shown that the administration of drugs in the studied institution can pose risks to patient safety, indicating the need for the implementation of corrective actions.