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Dr. Shailendra.V.L.MBBS, DA, MD
Specialist AnesthesiologistDirector Patient Safety
Al Bukariya general hospital
Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse patient outcomes.
Recognizing that healthcare errors impact 1 in every 10 patients around the world, the World Health Organization calls patient safety an endemic concern.
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Less than one death per 1,00,000 encounters Commercial airlines Nuclear power generation Off shore oil rigs
One death in 1,000 – 1,00,000 encounters: Motor vehicle driving Chemical manufacturing
More than one death per 1,000 encounters Bungee jumping Mountain climbing Health care
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Hospital is a people intensive place.
Provides services to sick people round the clock – 24 hours a day & 365 days a year.
People have a free access to enter the hospital any time for advice & treatment.
Hospital atmosphere is filled with emotions, excitement, happiness, death & sorrow.
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Institute of Medicine, USA found in a study:Medical error injures 1 in 25 hospital
patientsKills about 44,000 to 98,000 every yearMedical errors costs USA billions of dollors
each year.
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1. Not willful negligence but systemic flaws.
2. Inadequate communication.3. Wide-spread process variation.4. Patient ignorance.
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1. Individual made: errors due to human factor in the process ( wrong calculations of drugs, not following the 5 rights of medications)
2. System made: holes in the system that allows to slip through ( no clear & detailed policy & procedures, no double checking systems )
3. Environmental made: the dangers that come from the setting of the hospital & the material & equipments used ( no fire exit doors, worn out power cables )
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“ To err is humane ” Human beings make mistakes because
the systems, tasks & processes always have room for improvement.
Every error has a root cause & every cause has a solution.
Errors can be prevented with every one’s initiative in the system.
Here comes the role of the patient safety department
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“We cannot change the human condition, but we can change the conditions under which humans work ”
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…………………is our jobIndividual accountability &
Vigilance is important, but its not enough!!!!!
To build a culture of safety, we have to work as a team.
TEAM WORK
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1. Sentinel event:1. Unexpected incident involving death or
serious physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof.
2. Near miss:1. An event or situation that could have
resulted in an accident, injury or illness but did not, either by chance or timely intervention.
3. Adverse health care event:1. Any variation in the processes leading to
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1. Errors & system failures repeated.2. Action of known risks is very low.3. Detection system is in their infancy.4. Many events are not reported.5. Blame culture is alive & active.6. Defensiveness & secrecy 7. Few examples of successful
improvements.8. Very low awareness of patient & staff
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Dr.Shailendra.V.L.Director Patient SafetyPager # 140
Dr.Taimoor RajaAssistant Director Patient Safety
Mrs. Manar MehamoodPatient Safety Co-odinatorPager # 188
1. Detection of safety issues.2. Preventive & corrective actions.3. Processes to reduce risks.
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1. OVR / self reporting.2. Safety oriented Leadership Walk
Rounds.3. Communication / education.4. MOH – Patient safety standards
monitoring.5. Promoting patient safety culture.
It is an atmosphere of mutual trust in which all the staff members can talk freely about safety problems & how to solve them, without fear of blame or punishment.
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1. Support team work & respect others.2. Share lessons learnt.3. Encourage use of communication.4. Take a proactive approach to error.5. Study & learn from our mistakes.6. Share information about safety with
others.
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Voluntary reporting of process variation by all health care workers
Non punitive (no disciplinary action taken)
To improve the quality of services To prevent recurrence of same errors Used to plan strategies to prevent same
error repeating again
This is a multi disciplinary team that takes a proactive approach to patient safety.
It provides coordination & oversight to advance an organizations safety program & implement safety-related policies & procedures.
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