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BRITO, M.F.P. Evaluation of the Patient Identification Process in Healthcare Services. 2015, p. Doctoral DissertationCollege of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2015. Patient identification has been acknowledged as a crucial an essential component in patients’ safety and the absence of a standard identification process in healthcare services can contribute to failures. This study aimed to investigate the theme around patient identification in healthcare services. To reach such objectives, research was conducted in three phases: elaboration of an integrative review and the conduction of two descriptive studies. Search for primary studies to be included in the integrative review was done on the following databases: PubMed, CINHAL, LILACS, SciELO, Scopus and Embase. The integrative review’s sample concerned of 17 primary studies in six categories: identification in the healthcare teams’ and patients’ (or the patients’ tutors’) perspective (eis); identification in newborn and pediatric patients; identification in administration of chemotherapy and medication; identification in blood transfusion and sample collecting; identification in surgical patients and implementation of patient identification policies. The identification wristband strategy in an individualized manner with regards to both the patients’ and the institutions’ needs has been acclaimed by authors. Phase 2’s descriptive study was conducted in 17 healthcare institutions, 12 hospitals and 5 emergency care units, selected with participation of 17 tech-nurses in charge. For data collection, an instrument that underwent apparent and content validation by five judges was created. Nurses answered about strategies used by healthcare services for patient identification. Every hospital reported having identification protocols; and while wristbands usage stands out in hospitals, no independent emergency care unit uses that strategy. Patient admission represents the stage during which wristbands are placed. In 75% of the researched institutions, lack of standardization in wristband use was pointed out as an issue as well as adoption of non-standardized methods; variety in color for the sake of categorization of patients sticks out in this matter. In 33% of the hospitals, more than one wristband is placed on a single patient. For identification of allergies, 50% of the hospitals use red wristbands. A patient wristband must contain a patient’s full name, hospital record and date of birth. The identification wristband has been acknowledged as the best form of identification for patients in healthcare facilities, but apart from this method, it is important that all who are carrying out patient care check the identification, confirming the preconized identification. Phase 3’s descriptive study was conducted in a selected hospital facility for this investigation aimed to analyze the influence of patient identification on adverse events (EA) as to causes, locale, frequency, if identification was a barrier, damage caused, consequences, and corrective and preventive measures. In the time period from August 2012 and August 2014, a total of 1673 occurrences in the institution’s identification system was notified; among those, 38 concerned patient identification, representing 2,3% of the total. Patient identification acted as a barrier to identify a failure in an EA-related process in 45% of institutions. Protocol breach was behind 86% of the cause of EA occurrences that were connected to patient identification. Existence of protocols and procedures written alone does not guarantee failures occur, especially when it comes down to patient identification; which brings out the need for implementation of measures of evaluation that assure that these protocols are being followed by the staff. This will allow the enhancement of this process and with it a betterment in quality and safety in patient care.

Avaliação do processo de identificação do paciente em serviços de saúde