High Alert Medications: How to Ensure its Safety in the Hospital Medicamentos Potencialmente Perigosos: Como Garantir a sua Segurança no Hospital

Abstract

High-alert medications are characterized by an increased risk of causing significant harm to the patient as a result of failures in their use process. This review finds to establish procedures to reduce the risk of errors associated with the use of look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) and electrolytic concentrates. Healthcare professionals, patients and their caregivers should be educated and elucidated about the high-alert medications.