Cogitare Enfermagem (Sep 2017)

NURSING AND INTERNATIONAL SAFETY GOALS: HEMODIALYSIS ASSESSMENT

  • Letícia Lima Aguiar,
  • Maria Vilani Cavalcante Guedes,
  • Roberta Meneses Oliveira,
  • Ilse Maria Tigre de Arruda Leitão,
  • Viviane Peixoto dos Santos Pennafort,
  • Ariane Alves Barros

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v22i3.45609
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 3
p. e45609

Abstract

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The objective of this study was to describe the nursing care offered at a hemodialysis hospital service based on international patient safety goals. A descriptive study was conducted at the hemodialysis service of a Brazilian public hospital, reference in care for acute and chronic kidney patients, between August and October, 2013. Twenty-five nursing professionals participated in the study. Data were collected through interviews, observation and a checklist based on the safety goals of the Joint Commission International. The goals found to be in conformity were: improving effective communication; reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections; and reducing the risk of patient harm resulting from falls. The remaining goals, namely: identifying patients correctly; improving the safety of high-alert medications; and ensuring safe surgery, deserve attention from the researched team and the assessed institution. The research found a need for the implementation of protocols in the service aimed at patient and team safety.

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