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Patient safety in home care: A multicenter cross‐sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses

Studies assume that up to 30% of home care recipients are exposed to a possible medication error. For the home care sector, the study situation regarding such errors is limited. The aim of the study was to find out how often medication errors occur and whether they are related to training, quality a...

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Autores principales: Strube‐Lahmann, Sandra, Müller‐Werdan, Ursula, Klingelhöfer‐Noe, Jürgen, Suhr, Ralf, Lahmann, Nils Axel
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9066068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35506209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prp2.953
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author Strube‐Lahmann, Sandra
Müller‐Werdan, Ursula
Klingelhöfer‐Noe, Jürgen
Suhr, Ralf
Lahmann, Nils Axel
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Müller‐Werdan, Ursula
Klingelhöfer‐Noe, Jürgen
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description Studies assume that up to 30% of home care recipients are exposed to a possible medication error. For the home care sector, the study situation regarding such errors is limited. The aim of the study was to find out how often medication errors occur and whether they are related to training, quality assurance measures (use of the double‐check principle (DCP)), and other structural conditions of home care services. A cross‐sectional study was conducted, comprising 485 fully trained nurses of 107 randomly selected home care services. Potential influencing factors were analyzed in a multiple logistic regression model. Of 485 fully qualified nurses, 41.6% reported medication errors within a 12‐month period, while 14.8% did not answer this question. Nurses who had attended medication training within the last 2 years compared to a longer period (frequently to rather rarely applied DCP); the odds ratio of not making medication‐related errors was 1.79[1.42–3.09] (OR 3.13; [1.88–5.20]). Years of professional experience, amount of patients per shift, and type of work contract (full/part‐time) were not statistically significantly associated with reported medication errors. Medication‐related errors occur frequently in home care. Regular training and adequate quality management measures increase patient safety. Nursing managers and other responsible individuals of home care institutions have to make sure that nursing staff take part in regular medication training and apply the DCP when they give out medication in home care.
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spelling pubmed-90660682022-05-04 Patient safety in home care: A multicenter cross‐sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses Strube‐Lahmann, Sandra Müller‐Werdan, Ursula Klingelhöfer‐Noe, Jürgen Suhr, Ralf Lahmann, Nils Axel Pharmacol Res Perspect Original Articles Studies assume that up to 30% of home care recipients are exposed to a possible medication error. For the home care sector, the study situation regarding such errors is limited. The aim of the study was to find out how often medication errors occur and whether they are related to training, quality assurance measures (use of the double‐check principle (DCP)), and other structural conditions of home care services. A cross‐sectional study was conducted, comprising 485 fully trained nurses of 107 randomly selected home care services. Potential influencing factors were analyzed in a multiple logistic regression model. Of 485 fully qualified nurses, 41.6% reported medication errors within a 12‐month period, while 14.8% did not answer this question. Nurses who had attended medication training within the last 2 years compared to a longer period (frequently to rather rarely applied DCP); the odds ratio of not making medication‐related errors was 1.79[1.42–3.09] (OR 3.13; [1.88–5.20]). Years of professional experience, amount of patients per shift, and type of work contract (full/part‐time) were not statistically significantly associated with reported medication errors. Medication‐related errors occur frequently in home care. Regular training and adequate quality management measures increase patient safety. Nursing managers and other responsible individuals of home care institutions have to make sure that nursing staff take part in regular medication training and apply the DCP when they give out medication in home care. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9066068/ /pubmed/35506209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prp2.953 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, British Pharmacological Society and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title_fullStr Patient safety in home care: A multicenter cross‐sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses
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title_short Patient safety in home care: A multicenter cross‐sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses
title_sort patient safety in home care: a multicenter cross‐sectional study about medication errors and medication management of nurses
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9066068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35506209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prp2.953
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