Interventions to reduce errors with potentially dangerous drugs in hospitalized children: an integrative review ; Intervenciones para reducir errores con fármacos potencialmente peligrosos en niños hospitalizados: una revisión integradora ; Intervenções para reduzir erros com medicamentos potencialmente perigosos em crianças hospitalizadas: uma revisão integrativa

Errors can occur at any stage of drug therapy. Potentially dangerous drugs are worth mentioning because they are more likely to harm the patient, especially children, as they have particularities inherent to their age. We sought to identify barriers that reduce errors with potentially dangerous medications in hospitalized children. This is an integrative review, whose search took place between August and September 2020, in the Cochrane Library, PUBMED, Google Scholar databases, and in the TRIP DATABASE meta-searcher, to answer the guiding question: “What are the interventions in reducing of errors with potentially dangerous drugs in hospitalized children?”. Searches in the researched databases captured 298 references. After the exclusions, 76 studies were selected to be read in full; of these, 6 articles were selected to compose this review. They were grouped into three categories: Educational strategies; Technological resources and; Assistance activities. The studies address several strategies for reducing medication errors. Here, the importance of combining strategies for the safe use of potentially dangerous drugs in children is highlighted. ; Los errores pueden ocurrir en cualquier etapa de la terapia con medicamentos. Vale la pena mencionar las drogas potencialmente peligrosas porque tienen más probabilidades de dañar al paciente, especialmente a los niños, ya que tienen particularidades inherentes a su edad. Buscamos identificar barreras que reduzcan errores con medicamentos potencialmente peligrosos en niños hospitalizados. Esta es una revisión integradora, cuya búsqueda se realizó entre agosto y septiembre de 2020, en las bases de datos Cochrane Library, PUBMED, Google Scholar y en el metabuscador TRIP DATABASE, para responder a la pregunta orientadora: “¿Cuáles son las intervenciones en la reducción de errores con medicamentos potencialmente peligrosos en niños hospitalizados?”. Las búsquedas en las bases de datos investigadas capturaron 298 referencias. Después de las exclusiones, 76 estudios fueron ...