TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF PATIENT SAFETY IN THE MEDICATION PROCESS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

This study sought to identify technologies existing in the literature and their use in promoting patient safety in the medication process. An integrative review was performed in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieva...

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Published in:	Cogitare enfermagem Vol. 22; no. 2; p. e45608
Main Authors:	Jéssika Wanessa Soares Costa, Jéssica Martinelli Martins de Assis, Marjorie Dantas Medeiros Melo, Suênia Silva de Mesquita Xavier, Gabriela de Sousa Martins Melo, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal do Paraná 01-06-2017
Subjects:	Medication systems in the hospital Nursing Patient safety Technological development Technology
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Summary:	This study sought to identify technologies existing in the literature and their use in promoting patient safety in the medication process. An integrative review was performed in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Spanish Bibliographic Index of Health Sciences, Nursing Database, PubMed Central, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus, including articles published between 2013 and 2017. Twenty international articles composed the final sample, ten (50%) published in the year 2014. Eleven technologies were identified, with prevalence of four regarding prescribed steps (36.3%) and four regarding drug administration (36.3%), with the technologies most investigated being: Radio Frequency Identification, Computerized Physician Order Entry and Bar-Code-Assisted Medication Administration.
ISSN:	1414-8536 2176-9133
DOI:	10.5380/ce.v22i1.45608