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Analysis of drug administration by nurses in health facility VII
Polášová, Barbora ; Malý, Josef (advisor) ; Kolmanová, Eliška (referee)
Analysis of drug administration by nurses in health facility VII Author: Barbora Polášová Tutor: doc. PharmDr. Josef Malý, Ph.D. Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University Introduction and aims: Medication errors can cause a great risk in administration of drugs to health of patients. The aim of this thesis was to analyze the administration of drugs by nurses to patients hospitalized in three different wards in a medical facility in the South Bohemian region. Mathods: This thesis is a part of an observational-interventional study, ongoing in 2020-2023. Collection of data was held in one of South Bohemian hospitals in the surgery, internal medicine and aftercare wards between 17th May and 19th May. Data were collected by a direct observation method by a trained multidisciplinary team consisting of pharmacists and nurses. The observed parameters were: information about patient (e.g. gender, age and used medications), information about nurse (e.g. gender, age, length of practice) and drug administration's data (e.g. hygiene, patient identification, correct medication, right dose and strength, right patient, correct time, way of drug's manipulation, used drink for wash down, time interval from food). All collected data were anonymized,...
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