Experiencia de un sistema de reporte de errores de medicación en un hospital docente

Introduction: The medication error (ME) has an impact in the morbi-mortality of the patients, as this way also the economic consequences for the individual, the systems of health and the society. A way of identifying them is across the system of reports. The aim of this communication is to present the experience of use of reports in an teaching hospital.Methodology: Descriptive Analysis of ME reports. There were in use as sources of information the system of census and the reports of the ME.Results: The rate of ME’s reports was of 1.2x 1000 patients. The reports principally came from medical services (39 %) and 34% from Intensive Care Units 34 %. More frequent MM was in the administration (47 %) and dispensation (27 %). The notified ME 69 % came to the patient, some type of intervention being needed in 68 % of these cases. The gravity of ME was important in 47 % of the cases, being able to preventable 97 %.Conclusions: ME is a present reality in our hospital, which it is possible to anticipate. The system of ME reports is a useful tool in the identification that causes rootIntroducción: Los errores de medicación (EM) tienen un impacto en la morbi-mortalidad de los pacientes, como así también consecuencias económicas para el individuo, los sistemas de salud y la sociedad. Una forma de identificarlos es a través del sistema de reportes. El objetivo de esta comunicación es presentar la experiencia de uso de reportes en un hospital docente universitario.Metodología: Análisis descriptivo de reportes de EM. Se utilizaron como fuentes de información el sistema de censo y los reportes de los errores en la medicación. Resultados: La tasa de reportes de EM fue de 1.2 x 1000 pacientes. Los reportes principalmente provinieron de servicios de tipo médicos (39%) y de Unidades de Pacientes Críticos-Aislamiento (34%). Los EM más frecuentes estuvieron en la administración (47%) y dispensación (27%). El 69% los errores notificados llegaron al paciente, necesitándose algún tipo de intervención en el 68% de esos casos. La gravedad de los EM fue importante en el 47% de los casos, pudiéndose prevenir en el 97%. Conclusiones: Los EM son una realidad presente en los centros asistenciales, que se puede prevenir. El sistema de reportes de EM es una herramienta útil en la identificación de sus causas

Adverse drug event reporting system: a university hospital experience

Introducción: Los errores de medicación (EM) tienen un impacto en la morbi-mortalidad de los pacientes, como así también consecuencias económicas para el individuo, los sistemas de salud y la sociedad. Una forma de identificarlos es a través del sistema de reportes. Objetivo: Presentar la experiencia de uso de reportes en un hospital docente universitario. Metodología: Análisis descriptivo de reportes de EM. Se utilizaron como fuentes de información el sistema de censo y los reportes de los errores en la medicación. Resultados: La tasa de reportes de EM fue de 1.2 x 1000 pacientes. Los reportes principalmente provinieron de servicios de tipo médicos (39%) y de Unidades de Pacientes Críticos-Aislamiento (34%). Los EM más frecuentes estuvieron en la administración (47%) y dispensación (27%). El 69% los errores notificados llegaron al paciente, necesitándose algún tipo de intervención en el 68% de esos casos. La gravedad de los EM fue importante en el 47% de los casos, pudiéndose prevenir en el 97%. Conclusiones: Los EM son una realidad presente en los centros asistenciales, que se puede prevenir. El sistema de reportes de EM es una herramienta útil en la identificación de sus causas.ABSTRACT Introduction: The medication error (ME) has an impact in the morbi-mortality of the patients, as this way also the economic consequences for the individual, the systems of health and the society. A way of identifying them is across the system of reports. The aim of this communication is to present the experience of use of reports in an teaching hospital. Methodology: Descriptive Analysis of ME reports. There were in use as sources of information the system of census and the reports of the ME. Results: The rate of ME’s reports was of 1.2x 1000 patients. The reports principally came from medical services (39 %) and 34% from Intensive Care Units 34 %. More frequent MM was in the administration (47 %) and dispensation (27 %). The notified ME 69 % came to the patient, some type of intervention being needed in 68 % of these cases. The gravity of ME was important in 47 % of the cases, being able to preventable 97 %. Conclusions: ME is a present reality in our hospital, which it is possible to anticipate. The system of ME reports is a useful tool in the identification that causes root

CHLSOC: the Chilean Soil Organic Carbon database, a multi-institutional collaborative effort

A critical aspect of predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations is the lack of available soil information; where information on soil characteristics is available, it is usually focused on regions of high agricultural interest. To date, in Chile, a large proportion of the SOC data have been collected in areas of intensive agricultural or forestry use; however, vast areas beyond these forms of land use have few or no soil data available. Here we present a new SOC database for the country, which is the result of an unprecedented national effort under the framework of the Global Soil Partnership. This partnership has helped build the largest database of SOC to date in Chile, named the Chilean Soil Organic Carbon database (CHLSOC), comprising 13 612 data points compiled from numerous sources, including unpublished and difficult-to-access data. The database will allow users to fill spatial gaps where no SOC estimates were publicly available previously. Presented values of SOC range from 6 x 10(-5) % to 83.3 %, reflecting the variety of ecosystems that exist in Chile. The database has the potential to inform and test current models that predict SOC stocks and dynamics at larger spatial scales, thus enabling benefits from the richness of geochemical, topographic and climatic variability in Chile.Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT) CONICYT FONDECYT 11160372 Convenio CONAF-UDeC 2015 Perturbaciones Araucaria ERANet-LAC joint program ELAC2014/DCC-0092 Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT) CONICYT FONDECYT 1161492 Global Soil Partnership - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) South America Soil Partnership - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO

CHLSOC: The Chilean Soil Organic Carbon database, a multi-institutional collaborative effort

One of the critical aspects in modelling soil organic carbon (SOC) predictions is the lack of access to soil information which is usually concentrated in regions of high agricultural interest. In Chile, most soil and SOC data to date is highly concentrated in 25 % of the territory that has intensive agricultural or forestry use. Vast areas beyond those forms of land use have few or no soil data available. Here, we present a new database of SOC for the country, which is the result of an unprecedented national effort under the frame of the Global Soil Partnership that help to build the largest database on SOC to date in Chile named “CHLSOC" comprising 13,612 data points. This dataset is the product of the compilation from numerous sources including unpublished and difficult to access data, allowing to fill numerous spatial gaps where no SOC estimates were publicly available before. The values of SOC compiled in CHLSOC range from 6×10−5 to 83.3 percent, reflecting the variety of ecosystems that exists in Chile. Profiting from the richness of geochemical, topographic and climatic variability in Chile, the dataset has the potential to inform and test models trying to predict SOC stocks and dynamics at larger spatial scales.ISSN:1866-359