Errors in the Administration of Medications Through Gastrointestinal Catheters: An Integrative Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18316/sdh.v9i1.6463Keywords:
Intubation, Gastrointestinal, Drug Administration Routes, Medication Errors, Patient SafetyAbstract
Objective: To summarize the errors in the administration of medication by gastrointestinal catheters.
Method: Integrative literature review, based on an established protocol and performed in three databases, without temporal clipping, in any language. Such strategies occurred to detect the maximum number of articles associated with the theme. Only experimental and cross-sectional studies were included, due to the lack of other levels described in the selected articles.
Results: The final sample consisted of seven articles, all with a quantitative approach. Inconsistent activities and analysis of the prevalence of errors were described before and after the intervention. There was a predominance of specific nursing journals and studies in adult Intensive Care Units (ICU). The solid form was more frequent than the liquid form in studies that described this relationship.
Conclusion: The review provided knowledge of errors in different scenarios related to the administration of drugs through gastrointestinal catheters and described successful actions to reduce process deviations through barrier and training strategies.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who submit their manuscripts to be published in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows the sharing of work and recognition of its initial publication in this journal.
- By virtue of the articles appearing in this open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and non-commercia.