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Improve patient satisfaction reduce medication Errors Use the Patient safety checklists daily
Some of the 2009 Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals are: • Improve the accuracy of patient identification • Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers • Improve the safety of using medications • Reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections • Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care. • Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls • Encourage patients' active involvement in their own care as a patient strategy • The organization identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population • Improve recognition and response to changes in a patient's condition
Idintifying patient correctly improve effective communication improve the safety of high alert medication eliminate wrong site, wrong patient , wrong surgery procedure reduce the risk health care associated infection reduce the patient resulting from falls
The NHS aims to improve on patients safety and to increase the health, well-being and the hygiene of the patient.
Two patient identifiers: Name (first, last) and date of birth. Important for patient safety and correct identification of patient prior to any service or high risk activity.
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Patient Safety Organizations, or PSOs, are organizations that work to improve healthcare by reducing medical errors. After years of mixed information about the rates of injuries and deaths during medical care, congress passed the Patient Safety Quality Act of 2005. The focus of this law was to provide incentives for healthcare provides to increase the safety and increase accountably. PSOs primary responsibly is to collect and analysis as well as provide education funding advocacy.
National Patient Safety Foundation was created in 1997.
Unless it is for the good of the patient (eg their safety or the safety of others) there is no excuse.
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if you are required to carry patient , what considerations should you have for your own safety e.g back safety ?