Creative strategies to improve patient safety: allergies and adverse drug reactions.
Approximately 770,000 Americans are hospitalized and suffer adverse drug events (ADEs) costing billions of dollars each year. An ADE occurs when a patient is injured by an adverse drug reaction. Improved medication administration could prevent about 2.5 million ADEs (Institute of Medicine, 2004). This project provided an education for patients and nurses and a medication fact sheet. Outcomes included updating allergy records, improving medication safety knowledge, and improving nurses' adverse drug reactions and allergy reports.
Research and Education, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California, USA. sharonvalente725@hotmail.com
Sharon
S
Valente
Lillian P
LP
Murray
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires