Ans) Patient safety was defined by the IOM as “the prevention of harm to patients.”
- Patient safety practices have been defined as “those that reduce the risk of adverse events related to exposure to medical care across a range of diagnoses or conditions.
- Patient safety is an essential part of nursing care that aims to prevent avoidable errors and patient harm. Staff can apply these safety improvement methods to make systems of care more reliable.
- The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety.
- The Joint Commission established its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) in order to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regard to health care safety, and to focus on how to solve them.
Goal 1: Identify patient correctly:
- ID bands on patient wrist
- Two patients identifier
Goal 2: Improve effective communication.
- ISBAR Tool for handover
(Identification, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recall)
Goal 3: Improve the safety of high-alert medications.
- HRM labels
- 10 rights of Medication administration
Goal 4: Ensure safe surgery.
- Ensure Correct patient, correct site, correct procedure
Goal 5: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.
- CAUTI, CLABSI, VAP, HAPU
Goal 6: Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.
- Practice fall Fall prevention measures
- ID band
- Fall risk assessment
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