• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2022

Purpose: Nursing students are susceptible to medication safety incidents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) related to a lack of communication experience. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of a NICU medication safety simulation (NMSS) focusing on communication clarity, patient hand-off confidence, and patient safety competency in senior-year nursing students. Methods: The study utilized a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. In total, 60 nursing students were assigned to two groups. The experimental group participated in the NMSS, which included three medication error scenarios. Pairs of students completed the scenarios together in 10 to 20 minutes. Data were analyzed using the chi-squared test, independent t test, and ANCOVA. Results: The experimental group showed significant improvements in communication clarity (p=.015), and patient safety competency (p<.001) compared to the control group. Using the pretest values as covariates, patient hand-off confidence scores significantly increased (p=.027). Conclusion: Implementing the NMSS focusing on communication in the pediatric nursing curriculum helped students to communicate clearly and concisely about medication errors, and its use is recommended to promote patient safety competency in the NICU.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical application of a bar code medication administration and blood transfusion system and to identify its effects from the aspect of patient safety and nurse satisfaction in a tertiary hospital. Methods: The system in this study was PDA with bar code reading capability and wireless networking function. The logs created during application of the system and administration error reports were analyzed. For nurses' satisfaction with the system, data were collected from 337 nurses using the instrument developed by Otieno et al. and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The system application rate was 98.8%, and the main failure cases in the system application included bar code or network related factors. When the system was applied, 0.02% of errors were prevented. The nurses were satisfied with the system from the aspect of patient safety, however relatively less satisfied with the system from the aspect of work efficiency. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the usefulness for patient safety of applying the bar code medication administration and blood transfusion system to clinical practice. However technological improvements including bar code and network communication are necessary to ensure higher work efficiency in nursing practice.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2016

Background: Since the use of opioid analgesics is frequent in operation rooms (OR), the risk of medication error is high; however the use of medication in the OR has been operating independently with the hospital pharmacy. Therefore, the assessment on management of medication use in operation and the pharmacist's role is needed. Methods: We conducted the literature review and survey from anesthesiologists, operating nurses at Chung-Ang Hospital on management of medication for operation use, awareness on need for medication management efficiency, need for satellite pharmacy in the operating room and its effect. Results: 56% of medical staffs responded that management of medication in the operating room is efficient; however, 82.6% responded that they felt the inconvenience in medication delivery to the OR when additional prescription was ordered. 51.5% also responded that extra time was required for management of narcotics and inventory/record keeping. 80% agreed that there could be lost costs due to prescription missed. Medical staffs responded improving the drug management system could increase the OR efficiency (87%), and eventually bring the increase in hospital revenue (80.4%). Those who responded that implementation of OR satellite pharmacy was needed include physicians (84.6%), nurses (63.6%), and also responded that it'd bring more profit to the hospital by increasing the efficiency in OR (60.9%). Conclusion: For efficient management of medications, implementation of OR satellite pharmacy would lead to improved drug management and increased efficiency in OR and reduced cost and improved patient care.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2014

Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of patient adverse events in Korean hospitals as perceived by nurses and examine the correlation between patient adverse events with the nurse practice environment at nurse and hospital level. Methods: In total, 3096 nurses working in 60 general inpatient hospital units were included. A two-level logistic regression analysis was performed. Results: At the hospital level, patient adverse events included patient falls (60.5%), nosocomial infections (51.7%), pressure sores (42.6%) and medication errors (33.3%). Among the hospital-level explanatory variables associated with the nursing practice environment, 'physician-nurse relationship' correlated with medication errors while 'education for improving quality of care' affected patient falls. Conclusions: The doctor-nurse relationship and access to education that can improve the quality of care at the hospital level may help decrease the occurrence of patient adverse events.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine patient safety culture (PSC) and patient safety initiatives (PSI) according to IT-based medication errors prevention system which is constructed in this study, and to identify the relationships among system construction, perception to the usage, PSC and PSI. Methods: The subjects were 180 nurses who work at 12 different hospitals with over 300 beds. The questionnaire included the characteristics of participants, a system construction status, the perception to the usage using electric pharmacopoeia (EP), a drug dose calculation system (DDCS), a patient safety reporting system (PSRS) and a bar-code system (BS). The data were collected from July 2011 to August 2011. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and MANOVA were used for data analysis. Results: Systems were constructed in participating hospitals; For EP and PSRS, 83.9%, DDCS, 50%, and BS, 18.3%. The perceptions on the usage of the system were marked highest in BS as 4.54 followed by EP as 3.85. There were significant positive correlations between PSI and EP construction (r=.17, p=.028); PSRS (r=.17, p=.028) and DDCS (r=.23, p=.002). Conclusion: The developed system for improving the user experiences and reducing medication errors was found out well accepted. It is hoped that the system is helpful for PSC and PSI improvement in clinical settings.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2022

본 연구는 임상간호사의 투약안전역량에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하고자 시도되었다. 자료의 수집은 상급종합병원 두 곳에 재직하고 있는 154명의 간호사를 대상으로 진행하였다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 26.0 프로그램으로 t-검정, ANOVA, 상관관계, 단계적 다중회귀분석을 하였다. 연구결과 투약안전역량은 문제해결능력과 자기효능감과 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 자기효능감, 문제해결능력, 근무형태, 현부서 근무경력 순으로 투약안전역량에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 이들 변수는 전체변량의 64.7%의 설명력을 가졌다. 따라서 임상간호사의 투약안전역량을 증진시키기 위해서는 무엇보다도 자기효능감과 문제해결능력을 증진시키기 위한 프로그램이 개발 될 필요가 있겠다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2007

A computerized chemotherapy order system (CCOS) was developed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of prescriptions for pharmacy medication scheduling at a teaching hospital, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. We evaluated the system by comparing prescriptions before and after the implementation of the system and by analyzing the effects of the system on dosing accuracy (only against 5-FU), prescription change, overdoses above maximum limit and medication disposal in non computerized program group (control group) and CCOS group. In terms of dosing accuracy, prescription error rate (%) was significantly decreased in CCOS groups compared with the control group. The rate of prescription changes was also significantly decreased in CCOS groups. Regarding overdoses above maximum limit, we found that there was no prescription order exceeding the dosage limit in CCOS groups in contrast to significant overdoses in control group. In terms of medication disposal, there was no significant difference between 2 groups. We suggest that the computerized chemotherapy order system for chemotherapy may bean important and useful tool for minimizing prescribing errors in the hospitals.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1650-1662
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• 2014

본 연구는 고위험약물의 투약조정을 위한 스마트 폰 어플리케이션의 내용을 구축하고 개발된 어플리케이션의 만족도를 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. xcode 4.5와 ios 6.1 SDK(software development kit)을 이용하여 시스템을 구축하였다. 4주간의 중재 후 35명의 중환자실 간호사들에게 기능적, 내용적, 화용적 측면의 만족도를 물었다. 또한 하루의 사용횟수와 사용의 빈도에 따른 만족도의 차이를 평가하였다. 이를 위해서는 SPSS WIN 18.0을 활용하여 서술적 분석, ANOVA를 적용하였다. 약물계산 식을 개발하고 과다 혹은 과소 용량에 대한 알람을 주는 과정을 개발하였고, 고위험 약물에 대한 정보를 구축하였다. 만족도와 관련된 문항 중 이 어플리케이션은 약물계산을 수행하는데 도움이 된다는 문항이 3.14점이었으나 이 어플리케이션에 만족한다는 문항은 2.94에 그쳤다. 하루의 사용횟수와 사용빈도와 관련해서 만족도의 차이는 없었다. 이 연구의 결과에 근거할 때 추후 더욱 진보된 고위험약물을 위한 투약조정용 스마트폰 어플리케이션은 환자안전을 위한 중요한 기반을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2017

본 논문은 간호대학생의 환자안전관리 수행자신감에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악함으로써 간호대학생의 환자안전관리역량 증진 융합교육프로그램을 개발하는데 필요한 근거를 마련하고자 수행하였다. 본 연구는 간호학과 4학년 재학생 228명을 대상으로 하였다. 간호대학생의 환자안전관리 수행자신감에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하기 위해 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 간호대학생이 임상에서 경험한 환자안전 사고는 낙상(50.0%), 주사바늘 찔림(18.5%), 환자확인 오류(12.0%), 주사투약 오류(7.5%), 경구투약 오류(4.3%)순이었다. 간호대학생의 환자안전관리 수행자신감의 유의한 영향요인은 환자안전관리 태도(t=6.09, p<.001), 임상의사결정능력(t=3.97, p<.001) 및 성별(t=2.56, p=.011)로 나타났다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 근거로 간호대학생의 환자안전관리 수행자신감을 증진시키기 위해서는 환자안전관리 태도, 임상의사결정능력 및 성별을 고려한 융합교육 프로그램을 개발할 것을 제안한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2023

Purpose: To propose a new infusion rate monitoring technique based on the 2D image marker tacking to improve patient safety by preventing syringe pump-related medication accidents due to decreased infusion rate control accuracy. Materials and Methods: The infusion rate of the syringe pump and drug residue in the pump-equipped syringe were monitored in real time by tracking the movement of the 2D image markers attached to the syringe pump. Results: The error rate between the set and the estimated infusion rates was 1.03, 0.66, 1.95, 0.23, and 1.05% when the infusion rate setting was 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mL/H, respectively. In addition, the error rate between the actual and the estimated drug residues was 1.04, 0.47, 0.60, 3.66, and 0.00% when the infusion rate setting was 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mL/H, respectively. Conclusion: Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed technique can increase the efficiency of the safety management system for seriously ill inpatients by decreasing a possibility of syringe pump-related medication accidents in hospitals.