Patients are at risk of being harmed in hospitals due to medical errors. Patient safety is one of the most important health care challenges. The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) seminal study of preventable medical errors estimated as many as 98,000 people die every year at a cost of $29 billion. If the Centers for Disease Control were to include preventable medical errors as a category, these conclusions would make it the sixth leading cause of death in America.
The purpose of this blog is to provide reliable resources to health care professionals in creating and maintaining a culture of safety.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Hospital National Patient Safety Goals 2014















The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them. Hospital National Patient Safety Goals 2014 are:


  • Identify patients correctly
  • Improve staff communication
  • Use medicines safely
  • Use alarms safely
  • Prevent infection
  • Identify patient safety risks
  • Prevent mistakes in surgery


The exact language of the goals can be found at www.jointcommission.org.

source:http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/2014_HAP_NPSG_E.pdf


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