Journal of Nursing & Care

Karel Urbanek

Publications

• Review Article
  Medication Errors in Intravenous Drug Preparation and Administration: A Brief Review
  Author(s): Pavlína Strbova, Sona Mackova, Zdenka Miksova and Karel UrbanekPavlína Strbova, Sona Mackova, Zdenka Miksova and Karel Urbanek
  
  Medication errors in intravenous drug administration can be defined as any mistakes in the preparation, dispensing and administration of these drugs. Medication errors can be classified based on the stage of intravenous therapy in which the error occurs (pre-preparation phase, preparation of medication by nurse, drug labelling, and drug administration). In intravenously administered medications, errors may have particularly serious consequences. Medication errors are more likely to be recorded during the morning hours. Inappropriate speed of administration was found to be the most common type of error in intravenously administered drugs, with slow bolus injection being the route of administration associated with the most risk. Greater safety of the medication process can be achieved by eliminating risk factors and by using different strategies to detect errors. In addition t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000285

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