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Revista de la OFIL
ISSN 1699-714X ISSN 1131-9429
AYUZO DEL VALLE, NC et al. Impact of the pharmaceutical actions to decrease medication errors in pediatrics. []. , 31, 2, pp.161-165. 16--2021. ISSN 1699-714X. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s1699-714x2021000200009.
Descriptive and retrospective study of medical errors at, San Jose Monterrey Hospital School of medicine and Health science.
Objective:
To describe pharmaceutical interventions in order to keep a low incidence of medical errors.
Material and methods:
Medical error was defined as any unintended error in medication. We present a 12 Month (2017-2018) retrospective study using incident reports.
Results:
We identified 776 medication errors over a total of 6,119 reviewed prescriptions. (2.4%) The most frequent errors in prescription were dosage associated (60.3%). No lethal outcomes were reported. The most common group of medication errors were antibiotics followed by analgesics.
Conclusion:
Involving pharmacists in checking drug prescriptions has been the main factor for detecting and improving pediatric dosages leading to an important improvement in patient safety.
: Medication errors; pharmacist; security.
