Abstract

SILVA, Emile Rodrigues da  and  OLIVEIRA, Cristiane Bernardes de. Analysis of prescription errors of morphine and tramadol in the elderly: a proposal for improvements. Aletheia [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.1, pp. 44-55. ISSN 1413-0394.

This study aims to identify the prevalence of prescription errors of injectable solution morphine and tramadol solution of patients aged 60 years or more, hospitalized in the Adult Hospitalization Unit of the University Hospital (HU) Canoas. This is a descriptive retrospective, quantitative, observational study. We used 496 prescriptions containing the drugs morphine solution for injection and tramadol solution for injection. Data collection was performed in the period of April and May, 2018. The data were transferred to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for frequency analysis. Of the 496 prescriptions evaluated, 130 (26.21%) medication prescription errors were found, 49 errors involving morphine and 81 involving tramadol. In the case of elderly patients using opioid analgesics, the inclusion of the pharmacist in the multiprofessional team to evaluate the prescriptions would increase the guarantee of therapeutic success and patient safety.

Keywords : Patient safety; Potentially Hazardous Medications; Medication Errors.

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