Hospitalized patient safety practices: an integrative literature review

The National Patient Safety program proposes measures to reduce the occurrence of incidents in health services, events that could or would result in harm. This study is an integrative literature review, the review is composed of five steps: problem identification, literature search, data evaluation, data analysis and review presentation. The search for studies answered the following guiding questions: what is the most current evidence in the literature on safe care for hospitalized patients after the World Alliance for Patient Safety? What is common in the results found? From this perspective, it is noted that the constant search for patient safety practices is seen as fundamental for comprehensive and quality care. Thus, the factors that contribute to the inclusion of the family and the patient in their care are means lacking incentives. As a result, it is worth noting that professional qualification enabled an extremely positive experience, so encouraging education programs to improve professional skills, strengthening the hospitalized patient's safety culture is seen as an excellent strategy for safe care.