Risk management and patient safety in the administration of antineoplastic drugs

Abstract

In Brazil, Patient Safety was established by the Ministry of Health with the implementation of the
National Program for Patient Safety through the Ordinance GM/MS No. 529/2013 in order to
monitor and prevent harm in health care. Aiming at risk management and safety of cancer patients
assisted in the Chemotherapy Outpatient Clinic, we found the need to implement actions that
reduce risk, increasing the safety of the service provided. The objective of this work was to report
the experience of the implementation of actions in the assistance to oncologic patients undergoing
infusion of antineoplastic drugs. This is an experience report from the implementation of actions
in the chemotherapy outpatient clinic. Planning was carried out and goals were achieved, such as
proper identification of the patient, identification of the bed, and an appropriate place to keep
medical records and medications