[Quality of medication storage on hospital wards]

Pascal Burnat; Hélène Dupont; Isabelle Koch; Patrick Le Garlantezec; Sylvie Oulieu; Claude Dussart

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2014.12.018

[Quality of medication storage on hospital wards]

Rev Infirm. 2015 Mar:209:43-4. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2014.12.018.

[Article in French]

Authors

Pascal Burnat¹, Hélène Dupont², Isabelle Koch³, Patrick Le Garlantezec⁴, Sylvie Oulieu⁵, Claude Dussart⁶

Affiliations

¹ Îlot du Val-de-Grâce, 1, place Laveran, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France. Electronic address: pascal.burnat@santarm.fr.
² Agence régionale de santé de Bourgogne, 2, place des Savoirs, 21000 Dijon, France.
³ Autorité de sûreté nucléaire, 15 rue Louis Lejeune, 92541 Montrouge cedex, France.
⁴ Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin. 69, avenue de Paris, 94163 Saint Mandé cedex, France.
⁵ Hôpital d'instruction des armées Robert Pique, 351, route de Toulouse, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France.
⁶ Hôpital d'instruction Desgenettes, 108, boulevard Pinel, 69275 Lyon cedex 03, France.

PMID: 26145140
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2014.12.018

Abstract

In order to meet regulations and limit the risks for patients, the quality of medication storage on hospital wards requires practical actions. They concern mainly the management of the emergency medication cabinets, conditions regarding supply and cold storage under controlled temperatures. Failures in the system may result in nurses carrying out risky procedures.

Keywords: care unit; gestion des risques; medication; médicament; organisation; risk management; stockage; storage; unité de soins.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review