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- Title
Evaluation of color-coded drug labeling to identify endovenous medicines.
- Authors
Gomes de Souza, Nayana Maria; Martins da Silva, Viviane; de Oliveira Lopes, Marcos Venícios; Maciel Diniz, Camila; de Lima Ferreira, Gabriele
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the opinion of nursing professionals on the design, practicality of use and the usefulness of color-coded drug labeling in a pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 42 nursing professionals. A structured questionnaire was used based on a five-level Likert scale. To assess the proportions, a binomial test was used. Results: Concordance ratio >0.8 for all propositions related to design, practicality and most of the propositions related to error prevention. Conclusion: According to the opinion of the nursing team, the implemented technology has an adequate design, as well as being practical and useful in the prevention of medication errors in the population at the ICU.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MEDICATION error prevention; COLOR; DRUG labeling; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTRAVENOUS therapy; NURSES' attitudes; PATIENT safety; PEDIATRIC nursing; SCALE analysis (Psychology); CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TERTIARY care
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019, Vol 72, Issue 3, p715
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0242