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Ottawa Hospital continues improvement of patient safety
On April 30, as part of a May 2008 initiative by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to...
England: Despite high number of mistakes, patients told not to worry
Burton's Queen's Hospital has suffered 26 serious untoward incidents (SUIs) in the past year, which...
India's hospitals take steps to improve patient safety
The Indian Confederation for Healthcare Accreditation (ICHA) began collaboration with the World...

Malaysian private hospitals required to implement safe treatment plan
Beginning this year, Malaysia’s Health Ministry will implement the "Incident Reporting...
Jordan hospitals pledge to implement HCAC National Quality and Patient Safety Goals
At a recent press conference held at Jordan’s Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC...
Ireland: Small hospitals to be reviewed after poor report
After Ennis General Hospital received a poor report about their quality and patient safety services...
Ontario: Private medical clinics soon to be regulated
After a two-year investigation conducted by The Star of the cosmetic surgery industry and its lack...
New tuberculosis drug tested in Brazil passes early stages of process
A new antibiotic aimed at shortening the time to cure tuberculosis (TB) has passed a key phase...

UK: NPSA releases list of eight mistakes that must never be committed by NHS
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has composed a list of eight errors that National Health...
UK: Patients Association urges NHS to make reporting mandatory
After a highly criticized report of one Stafford hospital led the Healthcare Commission to brand...
Lasik eye surgery poses safety concern in Japan
Public concern is rising after a Tokyo eye clinic revealed that 67 patients have suffered from...
Hong Kong Hospital Authority fighting allegations of faulty drugs
Police have been called in to help investigate the Hospital Authority's most recent allegation of...
European Patient Safety meeting held by Pharmacy Regulators
The meeting of the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders (HPCB) was held by the Pharmaceutical...
WHO surgical safety checklist to be introduced in Trinidad
Trinidad's Health Ministry will be taking a step toward improving patient safety by introducing the...
Wales: Mistakes or errors in hospitals claim the lives of 30 patients during six month span
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) revealed new figures stating that during a recent six...
Australia: Medical histories leaked on the internet
One of Queensland's biggest pathology labs has suffered a breach in privacy, affecting the lives of...
Canada: Healthcare delivery changing with technology
The way in which patients and healthcare providers communicate will be revolutionized by the use of...

UK: A quarter of NHS acute trusts fail to use new WHO surgery checklists
Six months after the launch of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new pre-operative...
Australia: Ventracor device banned after three deaths worldwide
Ventracor's VentrAssist, an implant used to treat heart failure, will be banned worldwide after the...
Irish Medicine Board requests wait between low dose-aspirin and ibuprofen use
The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has asked that manufactures of the drug ibuprofen update its...
Psoriasis drug under investigation by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory for patients using the...

First patient safety campaign launched in UAE
Tawam Hospital, located in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched the first successful...
UK: Lack of new X-ray facilities putting patients; lives at risk
Britain's most senior radiology specialist announced that unnecessary deaths are occurring because...
Canada: State-of-the-art instrument sanitizer promotes patient safety
London Health Sciences Centre's (LHSC) Sterile Processing Department's (SPD) job will benefit from...
Ireland's new patient safety plan offers protection to whistleblowers
In Ireland, a cabinet-proposed plan will protect healthcare staff members wishing to report on...
Australia: Quality of care affected as hospitals hit financial bottom
As New South Wales (NSW) public hospitals report their worst financial results on record for the...

UK: Cuts to trainee surgeons’ hours may threaten patient safety
The United Kingdom’s Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) have claimed that patients&rsquo...
Ireland: Constant overcrowding puts patients and their safety at risk
At Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital, nearly fifty patients have been treated on temporary beds at...
Australia: Queensland hospitals worst in patient safety
A recent report by the Productivity Commission found that Queensland hospitals show some of the...
Wales: Medical and patient safety errors increase in past year
A Freedom of Information request by Liberal Democrats has revealed that from 2007-2008, 191 deaths...

Worldwide pilot study finds checklist reduces adverse events by a third
A pilot study in which eight hospitals across the globe implemented a new surgical checklist has...
United Kingdom: Recorded hospital errors rise 60% in just two years
According to figures obtained by The Daily Mail, 3,645 patients have died in the 2007/2008 year as...
Canada: Special investigation uncovers 27 additional deaths at Winnipeg hospital
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will be forced to investigate and review the 2,577 deaths that...
China's government to reform public hospitals
The Chinese government has been debating a reformation of its public hospitals as one of the many...

Australia: Patient data could thwart medication dangers
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality Healthcare is asking the Australian government to...
Ignored hospital repairs in UK place patients’ safety at risk
Little has been done to help the crumbling buildings and failing infrastructure of the United...
Australia: New patient e-cards to aid in patient information retention
Health Minister Katy Gallagher has called for patient electronic health cards for Canberra...
Canadians worry how U.S. health reform will affect care
After universal healthcare in one U.S. state—Massachusetts—created a primary care...

Bahrain joins global initiative for patient safety
Bahrain will now begin implementing the World Health Organization's Safe Surgery Saves Lives...