Outbildad personal i hemtjänsten utsätter vårdtagaren för risk. Bättre kunskaper i läkemedelshantering måste krävas
(2002) In Läkartidningen 99(11). p.83-1178- Abstract
- During the last few years the home care services have had to face an increased responsibility for
medical tasks. A study in the city of Malmö in 1993, repeated in 1998, shows that 95% of the health care assistants are engaged in the administration of
medication. The studies demonstrate that health care assistants have inadequate knowledge not only about medicines and their administration but also about common diseases and their symptoms. Delegating the task of medication administration to non-nurse personnel within the social services
therefore entails an increased risk for the patient.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/115387
- author
- Axelsson, Johan LU and Elmståhl, Sölve LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Unqualified home care aides put the patient at risk. Better knowledge concerning drug administration must be required
- publishing date
- 2002
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Human, Home Health Aides: standards, Home Care Services: manpower, English Abstract, Continuing, Nursing, Education, Clinical Competence, Home Health Aides: education, Home Care Services: standards, Pharmaceutical Preparations: administration & dosage, Pharmaceutical Preparations: adverse effects, Pharmaceutical Preparations: contraindications, Risk Factors, Sweden
- in
- Läkartidningen
- volume
- 99
- issue
- 11
- pages
- 83 - 1178
- publisher
- Swedish Medical Association
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:11985013
- scopus:0037075959
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 906fd781-e916-416c-b212-8459c712d511 (old id 115387)
- alternative location
- http://ltarkiv.lakartidningen.se/artNo24421
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 15:20:26
- date last changed
- 2022-01-28 04:54:08
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