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- Patient harm due to adverse events is likely to be among the 10 leading causes of death and disability worldwide. It is commonly reported that around 1 in 10 hospitalized patients experience harm, with at least 50% being preventable.
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Sep 11, 2023 · WHO fact sheet on patient safety, including key facts, common sources of patient harm, factors leading to patient harm, system approach to patient safety, and WHO response.
The impact of a patient safety incident can be far reaching and can negatively affect the staff involved and the healthcare system, in addition to patients and families. Research is required to understand how best to identify and support staff who are involved in patient safety incidents.
The term “disclosure” is generally used to describe advising those who are impacted by a patient safety incident. Mandatory disclosure legislation specifies the circumstances when disclosure must take place, and other requirements including the contents of the disclosure.
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Incident management: the actions taken after patient safety incidents (including near misses). This section offers guidance and resources to support the immediate response, disclosure, preparing for analysis, the analysis process, follow-through, and closing the loop and sharing learning.
This thematic review paper is the first documented attempt to provide a template for patient safety practitioners to group together patient safety events and guide investigators towards a focus on systems of safety and not individuals.
Sep 14, 2023 · Patient safety in health care is an urgent and serious global public health concern. Patient harm exerts a very high burden on all health care systems across the world. Every year, an inadmissible number of patients suffer injuries or die because of unsafe and poor quality health care. Most of these injuries are avoidable.
Aug 4, 2021 · Six per cent of hospital patients experience a patient safety incident, of which 12% result in severe/fatal outcomes. Acutely sick patients are at heightened risk. Our aim was to identify the most frequently reported incidents in acute medical units and their characteristics.
