为什么如此难以减少药物的危害?
1Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Improvement Clinical Director, Royal College of Physicians, Chair, Royal Colleges Medicines Safety Joint Working Group, Care Quality Improvement Directorate, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4LE, UK.
Future healthcare journal
|January 20, 2025
概括
药物错误很常见,尽管有安全措施,但会造成持续的患者伤害. 医疗保健的复杂性和进步对降低危害构成了挑战,需要临床医生的警和系统改进.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健的质量和安全.
- 临床药理学 临床药理学
- 患者安全研究的研究.
背景情况:
- 药物治疗是一种初级医疗干预.
- 每年在英格兰发生超过2亿次药物错误.
- 尽管采取了安全措施,药物对患者的伤害仍然是一个持续的问题.
研究的目的:
- 为减少药物危害所面临的挑战提供视角.
- 突出药物安全领域的最佳实践和新兴工作.
- 强调需要系统改进和个人临床医生的警.
主要方法:
- 这是一篇意见稿,而不是一项初级研究.
- 它综合了现有的知识和专家观点.
- 它讨论了药物治疗安全方面的挑战和最佳实践.
主要成果:
- 尽管几十年来安全工作,但药物错误和患者伤害仍然存在.
- 医疗保健的复杂性和快速的进步加剧了安全挑战.
- 系统和流程改进是必要的,但单独是不够的.
结论:
- 减少药物危害需要采取多方面的方法.
- 个人临床医生必须保持警,并在每次患者接触时反思药物.
- 持续适应不断变化的医疗保健环境对于患者安全至关重要.
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