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Posted on 17 de January de 2018

Patient Quality and Safety Tools

Safety Tools

According to the Institute of Medicine, USA, patient safety is part of the discipline of Quality. In general all world talk about Quality and Patient Safety and in many cases of Quality Assurance, as a whole, involving both disciplines.

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Posted on 17 de January de 2018

The Human Aspects of Safety

Aspectos Humanos na Segurança

As per our education and culture we have incorporated assurances such as the following: We are the result of our dedication and effort. We are the product of our desire to be and do things. Good people get the best results and do not make mistakes. We cannot fail. We have free will and we do it our way.

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Posted on 5 de January de 2018

HRO, how to reach Zero Error?

HRO, how to reach Zero Error?

YES, there are organizations that work with zero error. Or at least, do not consider an option, to have a single error (although sometimes it happens). These are called High Reliability Organizations (HRO).

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Posted on 5 de January de 2018

Administration Errors of Medicine and Financial Consequences

Administration Errors of Medicine and Financial Consequences

Currently the subject of medication error is bringing very serious disorders and expressing concerns as to the responsibility to provide a safe environment with quality in nursing care.

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Posted on 13 de December de 2017

Recomendations to design the information to be included in the Unidosis or Unitarized Package

Defining processes and standardizing procedures is an objective to be achieved within the activities of the hospital and the hospital pharmacy. We know that a high percentage of Adverse Events comes from a communication failure.

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Posted on 8 de December de 2017

Methodology of Changes

Metodologia das Mudanças

Implementing a change is a great effort, whether it is a personal matter, or within a group or institution.

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Posted on 1 de December de 20171 de December de 2017

When an Error is an Adverse Event?

When an Error is an Adverse Event?

Adverse Event is an Error with Damage. It is important to have a clear definition of Adverse Events (AE) because there are many variants of it in literature.

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Posted on 22 de November de 201722 de November de 2017

Why to Unitarize?

Why to unitarize?

Unitarizing (Unit dose repackaging) is the process of preparing the drugs in ready-to-administer form to the patient. That is, without any necessary preparation to be performed in a subsequent operation. This process is normally performed in the Hospital Pharmacy, Drug Store Sector or Unitarization Center…

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Posted on 26 de July de 2017

When the Culture what Matters Most

When the Culture is the Most Important

What do we understand when we talk about culture in a hospitable environment?

We refer to the attitude of each one and in its totality towards the others and toward the environment.

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Posted on 20 de July de 201721 de July de 2017

The Largest Numbers Of Patient Safety

Os Grandes Números

We have reviewed more than 100 articles and works and all of them show error statistics. Even so, it is very difficult to reach firm numbers. For those of us who are used to the engineering sciences, it is difficult to understand so many differences between some works and others.

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