Non-conformities in the antimicrobial administration process: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: to identify the possible non-conformities in the antimicrobial administration process described in the literature. Method: integrative review, with searches carried out in the databases Web of Science, PUBMED, LILACS e BDENF. The guiding question was developed according to the PICo strategy: P (population) - nursing; I (interest) - non-conformities; Co (context) - antimicrobial administration, being: What are the possible non-conformities in the antimicrobial administration process described in the literature? Inclusion criteria: articles with abstracts and full texts in Portuguese, English or Spanish and published between 2014 and 2019. The search was carried out between December 2019 and January 2020. Results: nine articles were selected for the research. The main non-conformities pointed out were dose errors and delay in the administration of antimicrobials. All studies were at evidence level four. Conclusion: It is suggested that nurses expand their actions on this topic.