Failures in drug administration in hospitalized adult patients: scope review protocol
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Medication Error
Patient Safety
Adverse Event

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Oliveira MB de, Oliveira ARS de, Zatti VDS, Cavalcanti ACD. Failures in drug administration in hospitalized adult patients: scope review protocol. Online Braz J Nurs [Internet]. 2025 Nov. 25 [cited 2026 Aug. 27];24(Suppl1):e20256814. Available from: https://objnursing.uff.br/nursing/article/view/6814

Abstract

Objective: To understand the types, causes, consequences and preventive measures of failures in drug administration in hospitalized adult patients. Method: Scope review that will be coordinated according to Joanna Briggs Institute method for scope reviews. A three-step search process will be carried out to acquire published and unpublished sources of evidence. Two reviewers will select evidence sources independently considering primary studies without temporal, geographic or linguistic limitations, which addressed medication errors in adult patients in the hospital context. This review of scope will exclude sources of evidence that report opinions and/or concepts and do not present original results related to drug use.

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