Quality standards for safe medication in nursing homes: development through a multistep approach including a Delphi consensus study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to develop quality standards reflecting minimal requirements for safe medication processes in nursing homes.

Design

In a first step, relevant key topics for safe medication processes were deducted from a systematic search for similar guidelines, prior work and discussions with experts. In a second step, the essential requirements for each key topic were specified and substantiated with a literature-based rationale. Subsequently, the requirements were evaluated with a piloted, two-round Delphi study.

Setting

Nursing homes in Switzerland.

Participants

Interprofessional panel of 25 experts from science and practice.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Each requirement was rated for its relevance for a safer and residen

SUBMITTER: Bruhwiler LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature