Adverse events in the health care for children: conceptions of family/caregiver in the primary care

Authors

  • Mariana Ferreira Arrieche Lopez
  • Wiliam Wegner Departamento de Enfermagem UFCSPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2013.3.13471

Keywords:

patient safety, child, primary health care, child care

Abstract

Objective: To identify child care adverse events in the primary health, from the perspective of the family/caregiver and to analyze adverse events from the assumption of patient safety.

Materials and Methods: It is a qualitative exploratory descriptive research developed in the Basic Health Unit in Porto Alegre/RS. Eleven (11) family members/caregivers participated in this study through a semi-structured interview, which was submitted to a thematic analysis. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Municipal Health Secretariat.

Results: The process of analysis showed three categories: adverse events in health care actions; guarantee of access to the health service and the resolvability as a principle for patient safety; and professional qualification, skills and abilities as prerequisites for patient safety.

Conclusions: The qualification of the professional, the resolvability and the guaranteed access are assumptions to the user's safety in primary health care.

Author Biography

Wiliam Wegner, Departamento de Enfermagem UFCSPA

saúde da criança e do adolescente

Published

2013-12-18

Issue

Section

Original Articles