Patient Safety

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Patient safety is the prevention of harm to patients that could be caused by errors or adverse effects associated with healthcare. It involves treating patients in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm. Patient safety is a fundamental principle of healthcare. Patient safety initiatives include;

• Protocols: Preventing accidents, neglect, or misdiagnoses
• Reporting: Reporting issues that arise immediately
• Medication safety: Ensuring the correct prescription, dispensing, and administration of medications
• Communication: Effective communication between healthcare providers and during patient handovers
• Safe patient handling: Using assistive devices to reduce the risk of injury to care providers

1. Maintain patient room cleanliness.
2. Practice proper hand hygiene.
3. Develop optimized discharge process.
4. Keep high-risk patients safer with trained sitters.
5. Apply UV-C technology creatively.

• Pain
• Position
• Personal needs
• Proximity
• Patient Education.

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