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COSTS AND ROOT CAUSES OF MEDICATION ERRORS AND FALLS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL: CR...
Paulino,Gabriela Machado Ezaias; Matsuda,Laura Misue; Matta,Alessandra Cristina Gobbi; Ferreira,Andressa Martins Dias; Dias,Alexsandro de OliveiraABSTRACT Objectives to characterize accidents/falls and medication errors in the care process in a teaching hospital and to determine their root causes and variable direct costs. Method cross-sectional study implemented in two stages: the first, was based on the analysis of secondary sources (notifications, medical records and cost reports) and the second, on the application of root-cause analysis for incidents...
Prevalence of Torque teno virus in healthy donors of Paraná State, southern Brazil
Mazzola,Jocimara Costa; Saito,Patrícia Keiko; Yamakawa,Roger Haruki; Watanabe,Maria Angélica Ehara; Silva Junior,Waldir Veríssimo daOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the Torque teno virus in healthy donors in the northern and northwestern regions of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.METHODS: The Torque teno virus was detected by a nested polymerase chain reaction using a set of oligoprimers for the N22 region.RESULTS: The prevalence of the virus was 69% in 551 healthy blood donors in southern Brazil. There was no statistically si...
Blood discard rate and the prevalence of infectious and contagious diseases in ...
Borelli,Sueli Donizete; Mazzola,Jocimara Costa; Matta,Alessandra Cristina Gobbi; Takemoto,Angelica Yukari; Bertoli,MartaBackground: So that an improvement in the selection of donors can be achieved and the risk to the recipient of transfused blood can be reduced, prospective donors are submitted to clinical and serological screening. Objective: This study investigated the blood discard rate and the rate of infectious and contagious diseases in blood donors from provincial towns of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Methods: This study...