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Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit

06.02.2023

Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit und Arzneimittelsicherheit

06.02.2023

• Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Arzneimittelverwechslung
• Teilnahme an einem einrichtungsübergreifenden Fehlermeldesystem (siehe Kapitel 12.2.3.2)
• 4-Augenprinzip hinsichtlich Dokumentation und Verabreichung, regelmäßige Stichproben der Dokumentation Arzneimittelübertragung

• Aushändigung von arzneimittelbezogenen Informationen für die Weiterbehandlung und Anschlussversorgung der Patientin oder des Patienten im Rahmen eines (ggf. vorläufigen) Entlassbriefs
• Aushändigung des Medikationsplans
• bei Bedarf Arzneimittel-Mitgabe oder Ausstellung von Entlassrezepten

The instruments and measures to promote drug therapy safety are presented with a focus on the typical procedures of the medication process in inpatient patient care. A special feature of the medication process in the inpatient environment is the transition management during admission and discharge. The instruments and measures listed below address structural elements, e.g. special IT equipment and work materials, as well as process aspects, such as work descriptions for particularly risky process steps or concepts for securing typical risk situations . In addition, proven measures to avoid or learn from medication errors can be specified. The hospital presents here which aspects it has already dealt with and which measures it has specifically implemented. The following aspects can be presented, if necessary using free text fields:
- Admission to hospital, including anamnesis
; Instruments and measures are presented for determining the old medication (drug history), the subsequent clinical assessment and the switch to the medication available in the hospital (house list), as well as for documenting both the patient's original medication and that for hospital treatment adapted medication.
- Medication process in the hospital
In this context, the following sub-processes are assumed as examples: drug history - prescription - patient information - drug delivery - drug use - documentation - therapy monitoring - result assessment. Instruments and measures for safe medication prescription can be presented, e.g. B. in terms of readability, clarity and completeness of the documentation, but also in terms of area of ​​application, effectiveness, benefit-risk ratio, tolerability (including potential contraindications, interactions, etc.) and resource considerations. Information can also be provided to support reliable medication ordering, delivery and use or administration.
- Discharge
In particular, the measures taken by hospitals can be presented to ensure that information on drug therapy is structured and passed on to doctors and physicians providing further treatment, as well as the appropriate provision of patients with drug information, medication plans and medications. Drug prescriptions are made.