Duty Of Care Flashcards
Duty of Care
This responsibility is to their patients to reduce limit the amount of harm or injury that PT experience.
Duty Of Care every healthcare worker
1.keep YR patients safe from harm during the service
2. Ensure safety of the patients during the svs.
3. Adhere to a standard of reasonable care
Duty of care Risks
Wrong Patient Identification
Wrong side/site of treatment
Falls
Cross infection
Poor communication
Strategies of Ensure Patient safety
Wrong Patient
Wrong side
Falls cross infection
Poor communication
Prevent Wrong Patient
Identify patient correctly
Check work permit cards
Prevent wrong side/site
Adverse events are devastating, definite harm injury to patient
Common wrong side ask the name or ID
Clarifications and precautions
Always clarify with if having doubts or unsure of
Going for total right knee replacement
Fall Prevention and precautions
Practice fall Prevention policies and protocols
Identify low risk
Medium Risks
High Risks
See the wrist tag and the type of the colours
Falls often result in fractures,soft tissues or head injuries
Use YR call bell eg bedside,or in the toilet.
For YR safety please us assist you to go to the toilet
Cross Infection
Practice good infection control
1.7 steps of hand washing
2. Doing and undoing PPE
3. Sharp things throw in sharp box
Poor Communication
In healthcare can have extensive repercussions on quality of care and patients safety
The treatment and medical errors.
Frustration among healthcare staff
Poor treatment decision making
Incomplete follow up
Principles of effective Communication
8 ans
Introduce yourself always
Understand and respect the patient as a person.
This is sufficient evidence linking ineffective clinician-patient communication with increased malpractice risk.
Code of Conduct for healcare workers
It helps outlines the behaviour and attitudes that you should expect to experience from healthcare workers
It is regardless of race language or religions as well.
What is professional co code of conduct
It helps the healthcare worker to provide safe, guaranteed care and support.
It is to adapt change and the new patterns of healthcare Services are developed accepted by HCPs and public