Patient Safety Research Papers

Although the issue of Patient Safety is on growing evidence, it cannot be considered as a novelty. More recently, we have followed the disclosure of news involving errors during health care in the media, with the connotation that they are always associated with neglect or lack of preparation, as well as with bad professional practices. Although errors are undesirable, there is no denying that they occur and have an impact on patients, professionals and institutions. Contextualizing patient safety in the scenario of health institutions is a challenge, and addressing this issue in the context of urgency and emergency services is an even more complex task, bearing in mind the dynamics of care, the quantitative and qualitative shortage of resources,
This is a qualitative research, typified as research-action, developed in a non-hospital emergency care service in the State of São Paulo. In order to produce data, we used focus groups and semi-structured
As part of the priority actions, we should highlight the need both to identify and assess the risks shown by patients and to strengthen the adoption of safe practices, with an emphasis on the identification of users, drug therapy and risk of falls, and on the implementation of identification bracelets, besides risk alerts related to falls and allergies. From the perspective of the participants, the following measures are also relevant: computerization of the medical prescription; expansion of the gaze towards the environment and the work conditions as risk factors for incidental occurrences; and in-service educational actions, with an emphasis on the adherence to the actions to be implemented. The disclosure of this experience may contribute to the reflection and expansion of patient safety strategies and subsidize future