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- Title
Wearing identification wristbands: implications for newborn safety in maternity hospitals.
- Authors
Soares de Sousa Silva, Raiana; Santiago da Rocha, Silvana; Teles de Oliveira Gouveia, Márcia; Barreto Dantas, Amanda Lúcia; Marques Santos, José Diego; Rocha de Carvalho, Nalma Alexandra
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the wearing of identification wristbands in newborns admitted in a public maternity hospital, regarding patient safety. Method: descriptive study, of the survey type, carried out in a reference public maternity hospital, through observations and interviews. Two hundred and sixty newborns were included. Results: 15.4% of the newborns had no identification wristbands, and 18% of the wristbands had data that did not match with the medical records. 90.9% of the wristbands were easily accessible for checking; however, in 80.9% of the cases, the wristband was not checked before the nursing procedures, and the mother or caregiver was not instructed on wearing the wristband in 76.8% of respondents. Conclusion and implications for practice: there should be training of the nursing team and other health professionals on the placement and daily checking of wristbands, considering international protocols and recommendations regarding patient safety.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; IDENTIFICATION; INTERVIEWING; MATERNAL health services; PATIENTS; PATIENT safety; DATA analysis software; ELECTRONIC health records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Anna Nery School Journal of Nursing / Escola Anna Nery Revista de Enfermagem, 2019, Vol 23, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1414-8145
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2018-0222