Standards for the safe administration of chemotherapy in oncological patients 2015 – 2020: A systematic review  [Estándares para la administración segura de quimioterapia en pacientes oncológicos 2015 – 2020: Revisión Sistemática]

Yuly Susan Quispe Condor; Liz Edenia García Saavedra; Johanna Elizabeth  Rodríguez Zambrano; Mary Baneza  Espinoza Acuña; Olga Georgina  Bedoya Ticlavilca

doi:10.32829/ghmj.v5i2.155

Authors

Yuly Susan Quispe Condor Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Perú
Liz Edenia García Saavedra Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Perú
Johanna Elizabeth Rodríguez Zambrano Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Perú
Mary Baneza Espinoza Acuña Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Perú
Olga Georgina Bedoya Ticlavilca Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32829/ghmj.v5i2.155

Keywords:

Standards for safe administration, chemotherapy, oncology patients, systematic review

Abstract

Cancer is currently a public health problem. It should be noted that most patients require treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy among other procedures to recover their health. The aim of this study was to analyze the development of scientific evidence on standards for the safe administration of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Methodology: a descriptive systematic review was performed with the search of databases in Pub Med and Scopus selected articles from 2015 - 2020 in English and Spanish languages. The results indicate that the safe administration of chemotherapy in oncology patients requires nurses to use updated standardized protocols and care guidelines with continuous training, as well as to carry out preventive actions of monitoring, control and follow-up for compliance with the protocols. It is concluded that adverse events should be socialized among nurses to assume improvement plans and strategies to raise the quality of the services provided by the nursing professional, as well as to avoid errors and complications of malpractice in the administration of chemotherapy.

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