Segurança do paciente na usabilidade de bombas de infusão na terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa

The aim was to analyze the impact on patient safety in view of the usability of infusion pumps by the nursing team in intensive care. It is an integrative literature review based on: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Latin American and Caribbean Center in Health Sciences Information, Web of Science Core Collection and Nursing Database. The descriptors used in the research strategy were: "Patient Safety", "Equipment and Supplies Utilization", "Critical Care" and "Nursing Care". 21 studies were selected. From the content analysis, three categories emerged: the use of infusion pumps in Intensive Care, the occurrence of adverse events in the use of infusion pumps and the impact of the usability of alarms on patient safety. It is concluded that the dexterity in the usability of alarms proved to be beneficial for corroborating with greater attention from the team and avoiding the occurrence of fatigue and desensitization of these alarms.