“Seguridad en la administración de medicamentos por el personal profesional de enfermería”

Abstract

Introduction: The safety practice in medication administration helps prevent occupational accidents among healthcare professionals and patients. Skilled nursing staff plays a vital role in the safe administration of medications, which should lead to quality health care. General objective: To identify the safety practice in administering medications by professional nurses. Methodology: A systematic review was conducted through analysis of the scientific literature, as established in the PRISMA statement from 2018 to 2022, in English - Spanish during the last five years. Results: 70.8% of the publications included in the study belong to the SciELO database, 8.3% to Elsevier, and 4.2%, to the databases Pubmed, Scopus, Lilacs, and Dialnet, respectively. Conclusions: According to the results, safety in medication administration is deficient. Most medication errors occur in the procedure of medication preparation and administration.