[go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd
Upload
382 views13 pages

International Patient Safety Goals

The purpose of the IPSG is to improve patient safety through focusing on key safety issues and solutions. The goals are to: 1) correctly identify patients using two identifiers, 2) improve effective communication between staff using SBAR, 3) improve safety of high-alert medications through labeling and dual checks, 4) ensure safe surgery by verifying the correct patient, procedure and site before surgery, and 5) reduce healthcare associated infections through proper hand hygiene techniques. A final goal is to reduce the risk of patient harm from falls by addressing intrinsic and extrinsic fall risk factors.

Uploaded by

Marwelle Escanlar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
382 views13 pages

International Patient Safety Goals

The purpose of the IPSG is to improve patient safety through focusing on key safety issues and solutions. The goals are to: 1) correctly identify patients using two identifiers, 2) improve effective communication between staff using SBAR, 3) improve safety of high-alert medications through labeling and dual checks, 4) ensure safe surgery by verifying the correct patient, procedure and site before surgery, and 5) reduce healthcare associated infections through proper hand hygiene techniques. A final goal is to reduce the risk of patient harm from falls by addressing intrinsic and extrinsic fall risk factors.

Uploaded by

Marwelle Escanlar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 13

INTERNATIONAL

PATIENT SAFETY
GOALS
Purpose

The purpose of the IPSG is to improve


patient safety.

The goals focus on problems in health care

safety and how to solve them .


International Patient Safety Goals
Identify patients correctly
Ensure safe surgery

Reduce the risk of health


Improve effective
care-associated
communication
infections (HAIs)

Improve the safety of Reduce the risk of patient


high-alert medications harm
1. Identify Patients Correctly

Use two patient identifiers

• state his/her name and birthday

• make use of the patients wrist band


Identify Patients Correctly cont.
Importance of patient identification

• To prevent error and patient harm

• Patient identification to be checked in all aspects


like
▶Admission and Discharge
▶Handover
▶Shifting and receiving the patient
▶All invasive and non – invasive procedure
▶All investigations – Blood investigations, CT, MRI,
X-ray
2. Improve Effective Communication

Staff to staff communication – use SBAR


method
S - Situation
B - Background
A - Assessment
R - Recommendation
This method is used to give handovers and
it will give complete data of patient
3. Improve the safety of high-alert
medications

• Every medications should be labeled


• Dual check for high- alert medications
• Document drug allergy
• Crash cart checklist to be updated regularly.

• LASA drugs –
Eg: DOPAmine – DOBUTAmine
4. Ensure Safe Surgery
The purpose of the preoperative verification process is to
verify the correct patient, procedure, and site.
This includes ensuring that all relevant documents, images,
and studies are available, properly labeled, and displayed.

Marking the surgical or invasive site involves the patient, and


is done with an instantly recognizable and unambiguous mark.
An “X” is not appropriate as the mark as it may be interpreted
as “not here” or “wrong side
Ensure Safe Surgery cont.
The following components of the sign-out are verbally confirmed by a member of the team

a. name of the surgical


procedure
b. Completion of instruments

c. sponge and needle count

d. labeling of specimen

e. address equipment issues


5. Reducing the risk of health
care-associated infections
Common Hand 5 Moments5 for
Sequential
Infections Hygiene hand hygiene
Steps

a. Hand hygiene a． Before touching


is the primary the patient
catheter-associated b． Before a clean or
UTIs measure aseptic procedure
proven to be c． After body fluid
b. bloodstream
exposure
effective in
infections d． After touching a
c. pneumonia preventing patient
HAIs and the e． After touching the
d. mechanical patient’s
ventilation spread of surroundings
antimicrobial
resistance.
6. Reducing the risk of patient harm
resulting from Falls
FALL (WHO
2012)

Maslow’s Hierarchy
ALL (WHO 2012) of Needs
“untoward event which results in the patient coming
to rest unintentionally on the ground or other lower
surfaces, and is a common and preventable
complication that occurs in a hospital setting.”
6. Reducing the risk of patient harm
resulting from Falls
INTRINSI Extrinsic Idiopathic
C Factors
Factors
FACTORS

Maslow’s Hierarchy
ALL (WHO 2012)
- Age of Needs

- Sex - Diuretics
- Sensory
deficits
-
-
Assistive devices
Inappropriate
- Laxatives
- Medical
conditions
footwear - Sedatives
- Gait and
- Alcohol use
balance
changes
- Fear of falling
THANK YOU

You might also like