Prevention of  medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice

dc.contributor.author	Αθανασάκης, Ευστράτιος Ν.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T09:06:30Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T09:06:30Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1451
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Medical personnel
dc.subject	Medical errors--Prevention
dc.subject	Ιατρικά λάθη
dc.subject	Πρόληψη
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτικό προσωπικό
dc.title	Prevention of medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Special article	en
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082982
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101226
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Athanasakis, E. (December 2012). Prevention of medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice. “Health Science Journal”. 6(4):773-783.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Medication administration to patients is a part of clinical nursing practice with high risk of errors occurrence. The causing factors of medication errors are either individual or systemic. In order to prevent errors before, the establishment of protective measures is pivotal. Purpose: To explore the protective measures taken by nurses to prevent medication errors in clinical practice. Method and material: A search of Medline, Science Direct and Cochrane Library was conducted to retrieve literature published from January 2000 until August 2011. Results: The protective measures against medication errors are related with the preparation and administration of medications, the dosing calculations skills of nurses, the nursing education, the oral medication orders, the interdisciplinary collaboration, the manager nurses and changes in health systems’ issues relevant with medication management. Conclusions: This review paper summarizes the preventive measures of medication errors made by nurses. As it is obvious, there is a plenty of factors that need to be applied in health units to succeed low medication error rate. Because of the significance of the subject, further research is warranted to prove the effectiveness of every measure in the prevention of medication errors.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2012-10