A nurse committed suicide several months after inadvertently administering an overdose of calcium chloride to a critically ill child.
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Patient Safety
The healthcare quality professional should be well acquainted with the principles of hand hygiene.
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When unanticipated adverse patient events occur, not only do patients and their families suffer but the healthcare providers involved in their care also become traumatized. These professionals—”the second victims”—need help too.
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Many doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals are aware of decisions, actions or behaviours of colleagues that compromise the safety of patient care. But a large proportion choose to remain silent.
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Medical errors cost the US economy 19.5 billion dollars in 2008.
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Bar-code verification technology may reduce the rate of medication errors and potential adverse drug events.
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Checklists, when selected, developed and implemented properly, can save lives and money.
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Studies conducted throughout the world have shown that the percentage of adverse events occurring in hospitals is between 3 and 17%. Most medical errors are related to system problems, not individual negligence or misconduct, and are therefore preventable. Medical errors can be reduced significantly if health care delivery systems are improved.
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About 50% of adverse events can be prevented. Most medical errors are related to defects in the health care delivery system, not individual negligence or misconduct, and, therefore, have the potential to be significantly reduced through system redesign or transformation.
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