PATIENT SAFETY LESSON #1

Patients get hurt while in the hospital because the patient safety principle is not followed.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of diagnosis and treatment only.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care (including the absence of indicated medical treatment) that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization or that results in death.

• ADVERSE REACTION

• ADVERSE EVENT

• ADVERSE EFFECT

• UNSAFE ACT

According to IOM, this QUALITY of health-care aims to provide services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refrain from providing services to those not likely to benefit.

• Patient-centered

• Safe

• Effective

• Equity

According to this model, bad outcomes occur when a number of faults occur in a number of different layers and momentarily line up to permit a trajectory of accident opportunity

• Swiss Cheese

• 3-bucket

• Iceberg

• Systems thinking

How will you apply patient safety thinking in all healthcare activities? Give at least 1 strategy.