NURS 300 Lecture 8: Patient Safety (Guest Lecture)
22 Dec 2020
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We are currently shifting from reactive to proactive patient safety. Patient safety: the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of healthcare. Patient safety team: applies patient safety science to ensure a safe and highly reliable healthcare system by reducing, anticipating and learning from hazards, close and and patient harm events associated with system failures. Quality improvement: a structured system aimed at improving systems or processes. 4 main categories of harmful events health care or medication infection procedure related patient accidents. Top patient concerns: missed and delayed diagnoses, maternal health care, early recognition of behavioural health needs. 4. responding and learning from device problems: disinfection and sterilization, standardized safety, electronic health records, antimicrobial stewardship, overrides of automatic dispensing cabinets, fragmentation across care settings. Line of sight: what we want to know and what the focus of the review it. Organizational culture: shaped and influenced by the way in which people react to unique circumstances.
