Elaboration and Validation of the Medication Prescription Safety Checklist

Authors

  • Aline de Oliveira Meireles Pires
  • Maria Beatriz Guimarães Ferreira Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Kleiton Gonçalves do Nascimento Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro; Hospital de Clínicas
  • Márcia Marques dos Santos Felix Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Patrícia da Silva Pires Universidade Federal da Bahia; Instituto Multidisciplinar em Saúde
  • Maria Helena Barbosa Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1817.2921

Keywords:

Patient Safety, Medication Errors, Drug Prescriptions

Abstract

Objective: to elaborate and validate a checklist to identify compliance with the recommendations for the structure of medication prescriptions, based on the Protocol of the Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency. Method: methodological research, conducted through the validation and reliability analysis process, using a sample of 27 electronic prescriptions. Results: the analyses confirmed the content validity and reliability of the tool. The content validity, obtained by expert assessment, was considered satisfactory as it covered items that represent the compliance with the recommendations regarding the structure of the medication prescriptions. The reliability, assessed through interrater agreement, was excellent (ICC=1.00) and showed perfect agreement (K=1.00). Conclusion: the Medication Prescription Safety Checklist showed to be a valid and reliable tool for the group studied. We hope that this study can contribute to the prevention of adverse events, as well as to the improvement of care quality and safety in medication use.

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Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Vol. 25 (2017)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Elaboration and Validation of the Medication Prescription Safety Checklist. (2017). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 25, e2921-. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1817.2921