Elaboration of health care protocols as a strategy to promote patient safety

Journal Title: Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1

Abstract

This study aimed to report the experience in the elaboration of standard operating procedures at a hospital from north zone of the state of Ceará. It is a descriptive experience report that discusses the importance of developing protocols to promote patient safety. The professionals involved developed 35 protocols which adressednursering, pharmacy, nutrition, phisioterapy and public attendance procedures. The main difficulty was to gather the group of professionals and managers from the hospital for the discussion and validation.Among the new protocols are protocols of blood collection, enteral nutrition administration and adult patient transport.

Authors and Affiliations

Antonio Neudimar Bastos Costa, Elaine Cristina Bezerra Almeida, Tiago Sousa de Melo

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  • EP ID EP443959
  • DOI 10.18378/rebes.v8i1.5479
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Antonio Neudimar Bastos Costa, Elaine Cristina Bezerra Almeida, Tiago Sousa de Melo (2018). Elaboration of health care protocols as a strategy to promote patient safety. Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde, 8(1), 25-30. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-443959