Establishing Reasonable Safety Management Costs to Ensure Event Safety

Establishing an Effective Product Safety Management Program

New approach to ensure safety-first culture.

Barb Farlow wishes she had asked more questions about her daughter Annie’s care. Born with the chromosome disorder Trisomy 13, Annie was only a few months old when she died in hospital of what her parents believe may have been a treatable respiratory condition. Months after Annie’s death, they learned that a doctor had placed a “do not resuscitate” order on her chart without their consent, and ...

Establishing a culture of safety.

• TeamStepps: http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov. • Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP): http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/cusp.htm. • Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/innovation_quality _patient_care. • Improving Patient and Worker Safety–Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation: http://www .jointcommission.org/improving_Patient_Worker_Safe...

Strategies which ensure our patient’s safety

Introduction In 2007 Althaia carried out a project which consisted in implementing the role of the Referent Nurse. Thus, the motivation in the sanitary professional increased and the patient care improved, which brought with it the creation of a safety team in order to ensure the patients’ safety. According to the Spanish Nurse Ethical Code, article 14-15 under chapter 3, all human beings are e...

Increase Safety, Reduce Costs