scholarly journals Patient safety in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Neonatal patient safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e32410917044
Author(s):  
Maria Berenice Gomes Nascimento Pinheiro ◽  
Thaís Moura Gascón ◽  
Lourdes Conceição Martins ◽  
Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Compromise Patient Safety ◽  
Neonatal Patient ◽  
Neonatal Care Unit

Introduction: Patient Safety in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is to reduce as little as possible the risk of causing harmful acts in the course of care. Objective: This study aimed to search together with the scientific literature which factors compromise patient safety in the neonatal care unit. Methods: For this an integrative review was performed on the Pubmed and Scielo platforms, using a combination of the descriptors “Patient Safety” or “Patient Safety” and “Neonatology” or “Neonatology” and “Hospital” and “Infection” or “Infection”. 27 articles that after the inclusion and exclusion criteria were analyzed and totaled in 7 manuscripts for the study. Results: The results showed that patient safety is compromised by factors related to multiprofessional work and the treatment received. Conclusion: Proposals include the elaboration of tools (protocols, checklists, among others) that could effectively help the establishment of a safety culture and promote the theme.

scholarly journals Patient safety culture at neonatal intensive care units: perspectives of the nursing and medical team

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréia Tomazoni ◽  
Patrícia Kuerten Rocha ◽  
Sabrina de Souza ◽  
Jane Cristina Anders ◽  
Hamilton Filipe Correia de Malfussi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Professional Characteristics

OBJECTIVE: to verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units.METHOD: quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the application of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. For analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-Square tests and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient were used. Approval for the research project was obtained from the Ethics Committee, CAAE: 05274612.7.0000.0121.RESULTS: differences in the number of positive answers to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, the safety grade and the number of reported events were found according to the professional characteristics. A significant association was found between a shorter Length of work at the hospital and Length of work at the unit and a larger number of positive answers; longer length of experience in the profession represented higher grades and less reported events. The physicians and nursing technicians assessed the patient safety culture more positively. Cronbach's alpha demonstrated the reliability of the instrument.CONCLUSION: the differences found reveal a possible relation between the assessment of the safety culture and the subjects' professional characteristics at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

scholarly journals Segurança do paciente em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: revisão integrativa/Patient safety in a neonatal intensive care units: integrative review

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Acosta Alves ◽  
Viviane Marten Milbrath ◽  
Nara Jací da Silva Nunes ◽  
Ruth Irmgard Bartschi Gabatz
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

Objetivo: identificar a produção científica, publicada de janeiro de 2008 a julho de 2019, sobre a segurança do paciente em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Método: revisão integrativa, na qual se selecionou 24 artigos que atendiam ao objetivo e aos critérios de inclusão e exclusão com o auxílio do software End Note®. Nesses artigos, analisaram-se os dados referentes à autoria, objetivos, ano de publicação, método, resultados e nível de evidência. Resultados: elaboraram-se cinco categorias para apresentar os resultados: O profissional e a segurança do paciente; Comunicação e segurança do paciente; Gestão de qualidade e segurança do paciente; Cultura de segurança; e A família e a segurança do paciente. Conclusão: o processo de construção e incentivo à segurança do paciente se dá de forma similar nos cenários nacional e internacional. Os estudos apontam esforços emergentes para a construção da cultura de segurança, arquitetados sob estratégias de gestão de qualidade e segurança, melhoria das condições de trabalho e fatores profissionais, bem como a inserção da família como fator qualificador da assistência. Palavras-chave: Segurança do paciente. Neonato. Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Enfermagem.

scholarly journals Patient safety in the prevention and care of skin lesions in newborns: integrative review

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Vitória Ramalho Tavares ◽  
Daniela Cristina Zica Silva ◽  
Marcella Ribeiro Silva ◽  
Marina Pereira Fonseca ◽  
Juliana de Oliveira Marcatto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Skin Care ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Skin Antisepsis ◽  
Care Practices

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the main evidence available in the literature on safe practices in the prevention and care of skin lesions in newborns admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Methods: integrative literature review in the PubMed, BDENF, LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO and Cochrane Library databases between 2013 and 2018. We included primary articles on: lesion prevention and skin care in newborns in Portuguese, English or Spanish and excluded editorials, thesis, dissertations and duplicate articles. For the evidence level, we used the Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt classification, which classifies studies between weak to strong evidence. Results: a total of 10 articles with moderate to weak evidence on thermoregulation, bathing, lesion prevention, use of patches and skin antisepsis. Final considerations: there was a shortage of publications with high evidence, and it is necessary to invest in research that seeks to support safer skin care practices.

scholarly journals Developing Patient Safety Standards for Quality Improvement in the NICUs: A Mixed-Methods Protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Shahkolahi ◽  
Alireza Irajpour ◽  
Soheila Jafari-Mianaei ◽  
Mohammad Heidarzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
The World

Abstract Background Neonatal intensive care unit is one of the accident-prone environments in the health care system. A range of structural and process factors threaten hospitalized infant safety in this unit. These factors are prevented by identifying safety needs and taking the right actions. In this regard, some countries in the world have developed standards. Developing standards based on current knowledge, available resources, and context that provide care, determine patient injury prevention requirements. Likewise, it can be a source for national development and application of guidelines, protocol, and laws. This study aims to develop patient safety standards in the Neonatal intensive care units of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Methods This mixed methods study will apply the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment framework to develop patient safety standards. The first three phases are the focus of this study. Due to investigating the long-term effects, it doesn't consider Phase 4(Sustainment). In each of these phases, a set of activities takes place. Designing Phase 1 (Exploration) is based on the World health organization model to develop standards. Determining the validity and applicability of developing standards will be done in Phase2 (preparation) and Phase 3 (implementation), respectively. Discussion Patient safety standards from this study are developed based on valid evidence and a comprehensive theoretical view. Additionally, considering parents' roles and the interdisciplinary experts' views in the neonatal intensive care unit. In this regard, determining the minimum requirements to maintain patient safety and developing evidence-based practice will be improved efficiency and effectiveness and contributed to equitable and higher quality health care delivery. The application of developing standards will be improving patient safety and quality of health care in the neonatal intensive care units of Iran.

Implementation and Case-Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Staffing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 118 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. S141-S146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Rikli ◽  
Pat Hegwood ◽  
Amy Atwater ◽  
Barbara Bauman ◽  
Betty Beverly Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Study Results
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