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Patient Safety in a First-Level Hospital in Colombia, According to London Protocol

In: Nursing - New Perspectives

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  • Carmen Luisa Betancur Pulgarin
  • Yudi Nathalia Angulo Ante
  • Yaqueline Churi Antero
  • Luis Gabriel Murillo Micolta
  • Monica Rocio Romero Carvajal
  • Diego Carmona Carmona

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the adherence of the health personnel of the state social enterprise Norte 2 institution, Caloto, Department of Cauca, Colombia, in the application of the London protocol, referring to patient safety policy, where a quantitative investigation was conducted; observational, descriptive through a census of 92 officials of the institution through a survey designed to measure adherence to protocol, all information was tabulated in the Epi-info 7.2 program and presented by descriptive statistics; the results of this study showed that the population is composed of 60% of female nursing assistants who are more than 1-year old and that the protocol is partially met, where it was found that only 52% of adverse events are reported, concluding that there is no defined patient safety culture, which means that adverse events are not documented.

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  • Carmen Luisa Betancur Pulgarin & Yudi Nathalia Angulo Ante & Yaqueline Churi Antero & Luis Gabriel Murillo Micolta & Monica Rocio Romero Carvajal & Diego Carmona Carmona, 2020. "Patient Safety in a First-Level Hospital in Colombia, According to London Protocol," Chapters, in: Serpil Celik Durmus (ed.), Nursing - New Perspectives, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:201302
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89520
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    Keywords

    MeSH and DeCS; adverse event; preventable adverse event; Non-preventable adverse event; London protocol; patient safety policy;
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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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