Medication errors
Surgical fires.
common medical conditions such as high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol are not adequately controlled
2. failure to order and follow-up on indicated diagnostic exams
delays in care and treatment.
Root Causes
poor communication, lack of teamwork, fragmentation of care, and a lack of leadership from the medical community.
Solution: consistency and reduction in practice variation.
Patient safety involves the detection, reporting, analysis, and prevention of adverse events associated with healthcare.
Improve the accuracy of patient identification
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Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers
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Improve the safety of using medications
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Reduce the risk of health care–associated infections
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Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care
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Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls
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Reduce the risk of influenza and pneumococcal disease in older adults
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Reduce the risk of surgical fires
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Encourage patients' active involvement in their own care as a safety strategy
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Prevent health care–associated pressure ulcers
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Identify safety risks inherent in the organization's patient population
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Improve recognition and response in a patient's condition
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Universal protocol : Prevent wrong person–wrong site–wrong procedure surgery
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Reference
1. McDonald TB. McDonald T.B. McDonald, Timothy B.Chapter 35. Preventing and Managing Adverse Patient Events: Patient Safety and the Hospitalist. In: McKean SC, Ross JJ, Dressler DD, Brotman DJ, Ginsberg JS. McKean S.C., Ross J.J., Dressler D.D., Brotman D.J., Ginsberg J.S. Eds. Sylvia C. McKean, et al.eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2012. http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=496&Sectionid=41303995. Accessed May 26, 2015.
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