title: Technologies in intensive care: causes of adverse events and implications to nursing.
abstract: to identify the causes of adverse events affecting clients resulting from the use of equipment in intensive care services; to point out the main recommendations for clinical practice to minimize these events and, then, discuss the implications to nursing care.
  integrative and descriptive review on the SciELO, Medline, LILACS, and PubMed databases. Articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria and the structured instrument was applied.
  altogether, 11 articles were selected where three evidence units were outstanding: Equipment failure; inadequate use of equipment; and team failure. Permanent education of professionals; evaluation of production and availability of equipment; and use of checklists are recommended.
  preventing adverse events related to equipment is one of the nursing responsibilities and requires the establishment of defensive barriers to prevent these.
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Núcleo de Pesquisa de Fundamentos do Cuidado de Enfermagem. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Gabriella da Silva Rangel
authors: GD
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Rafael Celestino da
authors: RC
authors: Silva
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Márcia de Assunção
authors: MA
authors: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D019300:Medical Errors; D009736:Nursing Process; D061214:Patient Safety; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems