Evaluation of color-coded drug labeling to identify endovenous medicines.
| Autor: | Souza NMG; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil., Silva VMD; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil., Lopes MVO; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil., Diniz CM; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil., Ferreira GL; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. |
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| Jazyk: | English; Portuguese |
| Zdroj: | Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2019 Jun 27; Vol. 72 (3), pp. 715-720. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 27. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0242 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To analyze the opinion of nursing professionals on the design, practicality of use and the usefulness of color-coded drug labeling in a pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 42 nursing professionals. A structured questionnaire was used based on a five-level Likert scale. To assess the proportions, a binomial test was used. Results: Concordance ratio >0.8 for all propositions related to design, practicality and most of the propositions related to error prevention. Conclusion: According to the opinion of the nursing team, the implemented technology has an adequate design, as well as being practical and useful in the prevention of medication errors in the population at the ICU. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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