Becker's Hospital Review's Infection Control & Clinical Quality team compiled a list of the top ten patient safety issues based on trends from 2015. The article not only lists health care issues, but also proactive ideas for continuing the fight towards improvement.
"Medication errors are 'one of the most common types of inpatient errors.' They about during surgery as well."
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Institute of Medicine reported on this last year in Improving Diagnosis in Health Care.
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Financial incentives are being put into place to force hospital to focus on patient safety issues.
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"OSHA launched a webpage providing information and strategies for healthcare workplace violence awareness and prevention."
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"Hospitals may wish to consider re-evaluating the maintenance protocols for their facilities to ensure patient safety."
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The spread of infection due to inadequate cleaning practices associated with flexible scopes has been on the rise.
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One million people a year will develop sepsis, half of which will die. This number continues to rise.
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Defined as "bacteria that cannot be treated using two or more antibiotics;" and "appear to be getting stronger."
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Actual cases of medical devices being remotely hacked have been reported bringing harm to patients.
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"Physicians will develop a greater sense of accountability to deliver quality care." Ashish K Jha, MD
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Most of you are probably already aware of these patient safety issues. With more information and data analysis, we are able to increase our awareness and resources to ensure even better safety for our patients in 2016.
Readiness Rounds, as indicated above, encompasses many of the solutions needed to address and assist in solving these patient safety issues. Be sure to visit our samples checklist page and our resources page.
Feel free to contact us to discuss your patient safety concerns.
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Sources
Barnet, Shannon. "10 Top Patient Safety Issues for 2016." Becker's Hospital Review. N.p., 12 Jan. 2016. Web. 21 May 2016. http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/10-top-patient-safety-issues-for-2016.html
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