Tips from BESD: Resources for patient safety information
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, September 17, 2010
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Patient safety initiatives are critical to all aspects of patient care. The Joint Commission's emphasis on safety is ongoing and ever-present. Information from its sentinel event database shows that safety hazards remain a serious issue. Since this database was implemented in January 1995, The Joint Commission has reviewed 6,244 sentinel events affecting 6,380 patients.
The Joint Commission has launched a national campaign to help Americans become involved in their care. The Speak Up campaign offers tips and actions to help reduce the risk of medical errors. The award-winning patient safety site can be accessed at www.jointcommission.org/ PatientSafety/SpeakUp. This site offers brochures, artwork, and information on important topics, including:
- Preventing errors in your care
- Five things you can do to prevent infection
- Reducing your risk of falling
- Preventing errors in your child's care
- Avoiding mistakes with your medicine
- What you should know about pain management
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