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    The document outlines 6 international patient safety goals aimed at reducing medical errors and promoting patient safety. The goals are to: 1) correctly identify patients to prevent wrong-patient errors; 2) improve communication between healthcare providers; 3) improve safety practices around high-alert medications; 4) ensure the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient and site; 5) reduce healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene and other practices; and 6) reduce the risk of patient falls through risk assessment and prevention strategies.

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    The document outlines 6 international patient safety goals aimed at reducing medical errors and promoting patient safety. The goals are to: 1) correctly identify patients to prevent wrong-patient errors; 2) improve communication between healthcare providers; 3) improve safety practices around high-alert medications; 4) ensure the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient and site; 5) reduce healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene and other practices; and 6) reduce the risk of patient falls through risk assessment and prevention strategies.

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    The document outlines 6 international patient safety goals aimed at reducing medical errors and promoting patient safety. The goals are to: 1) correctly identify patients to prevent wrong-patient errors; 2) improve communication between healthcare providers; 3) improve safety practices around high-alert medications; 4) ensure the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient and site; 5) reduce healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene and other practices; and 6) reduce the risk of patient falls through risk assessment and prevention strategies.

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    INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS

    OBJECTIVE
     To promote specific improvement in patient safety
     Represent strategies to reduce the risk of medical errors
     Provide clear solutions for improving patient safety

    Patient SAFETY GOALS


    1. Identify patients correctly
    2. Improve effective communication
    3. Improve safety of high alert medications
    4. Ensure correct Site, Correct Procedure, Correct Patient Surgery
    5. Reduce the risk of health care associated infections
    6. Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls

    1. Identify patients correctly


    Wrong-patient errors occur in virtually all aspects of diagnosis and treatment
    Do’s
     2 Identifiers- Patient Name & Avitis Number
     For unknown/ comatose patient brought in Emergency identify as
    unknown 1 or 2.

    Patients are Identified


     Giving medicines, blood or blood products.
     Taking blood samples and other specimens for clinical testing
     Before all surgical, invasive and diagnostic procedures

    Don’t Use- Patient Room, location

    2. Improve effective communication


    Do’s
    2.1. Verbal/Telephonic Order
     Use write and read back
    2.2. Reporting critical results of diagnostic tests
     Use write and read back
    Verbal and telephone order or test result is written down – read back by the receiver
    of the order or test result those must be confirmed by the individual who gave the
    order or test result.

    2.3. Handover Communication


     ISBAR

    IDENTIFICATION: Patient Identification


    SITUATION: What is happening at the moment?
    BACKGROUND: What are the issues that led up to this situation?
    ASSESSMENT: What do you believe the problem is?
    RECOMMENDATION: What should be done to correct this situation.
    EXAMPLE
    I – Krishnan.M, Avitis No-01-25689 16M Male, Room No-506
    S – presents with choking event post feed
    B – previous well term baby, event preceded by 2-3 days fever, irritability and poor
    sleep
    A – thriving, examined well
    R – reassure with likely discharge today if remains well
    WHEN?
     Shift changes
     Inter-hospital transfers
     Intra-hospital transfers
     Time-critical situations such as medical emergencies or evacuations
     Procedure documents
    ADVANTAGES:
     Ensures completeness of information and reduces likelihood of missing data
     Is an easy and focused way to set expectations for what will be communicated
     Ensures a recommendation is clear and professional
     Gives confidence in communication , focuses not on the people who are
    communicating but on the problem itself.

    3. Improve the Safety of High-alert medications


    High-alert medications are those medications involved in a high percentage of
    errors and/or sentinel events, medications that carry a higher risk for adverse
    outcomes
    Do’s
    HIghAlert Medications / Look Alike & Sound Alike Medications
     Double Checks
     HIgh Alert Medications ,Look alike and sound alike medications are stored with
    proper labeling
     List of high-alert medications / Look alike and sound alike medications
     High-alert medications - Stored and kept in a locked cabinet
     High-alert medicationsSeparated from other medications and stored in boxes
    with lids
     Labeled in Red with “High Alert Medication / Concentrated Electrolyte”
     Proper Orientation to Staff
    4. Ensure correct Site, Correct Procedure, Correct Patient Surgery
    Wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient surgery is an alarmingly common
    occurrence in health care organizations.
    Factors
     Ineffective or inadequate communication between members of the surgical
    team.
     Lack of patient involvement in site marking.
     Lack of procedures for verifying the operative site.
     Inadequate patient assessment.
     Inadequate medical record review.
     Problems related to illegible handwriting.
     The use of abbreviations.
    Preoperative verification
     Prior to the induction of Anesthesia
     The start of an invasive procedure
    Ensure
     Patient’s identity (two identifiers)
     Procedure to be performed
     Correct procedure side/site
     Necessary imaging ,equipment , Implants or special requirements
    are present
    Timeout
     Prior to the start of the procedures
     Innvolves the entire operative team.

    5. Reduce the Risk of Health Care Associated infections


     Infection Prevention and control
     Common Infections- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections,Bloodstream
    infections, Ventilator Associated pneumonia (often associated with mechanical
    ventilation
    Do’s
    Proper hand hygiene.
    Comply with current published and generally accepted hand hygiene guidelines.
    Implements an effective hand hygiene program.

    6. Reduce the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from falls


     Falls account for a significant portion of injuries
    Do’s
     Evaluate its patients’ risk for falls and take action to reduce the risk of falling
     The evaluation includes
     fall history
     medications and alcohol consumption review
     gait and balance screening,
     walking aids used by the patient.
     Assess and periodically reassess each patients risk for falling, including the
    potential risk associated with the patients medication regimen, and take action
    to decrease or eliminate any identified risks.
     Fall RisK reduction program
    Prevention of Patient Falls
     Educating patient and patient families on
    Not to leave bed without any help
    To wear non skid foot wear .
    Nurses Call Bell
     Bed height to be fixed at the lowest lowel
     All side rails in the up postion
     Proper lighting

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