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An assessment of drug administration compliance in a university hospital centre.
- Source :
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice; Oct2010, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p920-926, 7p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Rationale, aims and objectives Ensuring the safety of the medication process is a major world health concern. Within this framework, a field study of compliance at various stages of the medication process in health care units was conducted. The objective of our study was to compare compliance at the moment of drug administration at the patient's bedside before and after implementing certain measures (self-study activities for the nursing staff, publication of the findings of the preliminary study and identification of priorities for action, among others). Methods This is an observational study aimed at comparing compliance at various stages of the medication process in terms of dose verification, preparation and administration, on ward, before and after the implementation of corrective measures. Compliance was evaluated using an observational checklist that included 36 criteria. The evaluation was conducted on inpatients in nine health care units and the Emergency Care Unit of a university hospital centre. Compliance rates were calculated for each evaluated criterion separately and by category. The degree of significance and corresponding changes between 2007 and 2008 were also measured. Results The compliance rate for all the applicable criteria used on the checklist showed a significant increase from 16% in 2007 to 28% in 2008. A significant increase was also observed in the compliance rates for drug verification (91% vs. 76%) and drug preparation on wards (50% vs. 23%), particularly with regard to entering drug names and a second identifier on the label. Conclusions Compliance rates at various separately evaluated stages in 2008 were relatively satisfactory. There is, however, room for improvement in total compliance. The introduction of simple tools and adapted communication strategies led to a sizeable improvement in the medication process at our facility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
ANALYSIS of variance
AUDITING
COMPUTER software
DRUG administration
HOSPITAL health promotion programs
LONGITUDINAL method
MEDICAL protocols
NURSES
SCIENTIFIC observation
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
PHYSICIAN practice patterns
DATA analysis
PRE-tests & post-tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13561294
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 53767344
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01221.x