Review of the basic drug kit for carpal tunnel decompression surgeries: proposal to improve patient economy and safety

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Carla Neves da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Souza, Juliana Batista de, Camuzi, Ranieri Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22376
• topic: Segurança do Paciente; Sistemas de Distribuição de Medicamentos em Hospital; Serviço de Farmácia Hospitalar; Gastos em Saúde; Farmacoeconomia.; Patient Safety; Medication Systems, Hospital; Pharmacy Service, Hospital; Health Expenditures; Economics, Pharmaceutical.; Seguridad del paciente; Sistemas de Medicación en Hospital; Servicio de Farmacia en Hospital; Gastos en Salud; Economía Farmacéutica.

Objective: to propose the adoption of a specific drug kit for surgical procedures for decompression of the carpal tunnel, to replace the basic pharmacotherapeutic kit currently used. Methods: this is an experimental development project involving direct observation, administrative data collection, study of scientific evidence and economic comparison to propose the new kit. Results: direct observation indicated that the procedures adopted sometimes diverged from those based on scientific evidence; the profile of medication use showed that the current kit is underused and favors the irrational use of medications; knowing the usage profile and the scientific evidence, it was possible to propose a new, more economical kit, which allows to mitigate irrational use and contributes to patient safety strategies. Conclusion: the adoption of the proposed new kit can bring benefits to the institution both in terms of economy and contribution to better care outcomes and greater patient safety.