Global Patient Safety Action Plan Flashcards
Why do we need a Global Patient Safety Action Plan?
Because patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge.
According to WHO, what is patient safety?
A framework of organized activities that creates cultures, processes, procedures, behaviors, tech and environment in health care to lower risk and reduce avoidable harm.
What is the vision of te global safety plan?
A world in which no one is harmed in healthcare.
What is the mision of te global safety plan?
Drive forward policies, strategies and actions to eliminate all sources or avoidable harm.
What is the goal of te global safety plan?
Achieve the maximum possible reduction in avoidable harm.
Which are the 7 guiding principles of the Global Patient Safety?
- Engage patients and families
- Collaborative working
- Analyse and share data
- Translate evidence into actionable improvement
- Base polices on the care setting
- Use scientific and patient experience
- Instill a safety culture
Explain the framework of action of the GPS action plan:
SEVEN BY FIVE MATRIX
7 strategic objectives
35 strategies, 5 per objective.
Which is objective #1 of the GPS action plan?
Policies to eliminate avoidable harm in healthcare.
Make zero avoidable harm to patients.
Explain Strategy 1.1: Policy and Framework Development:
- Develop national patient safety policy and action plan.
- Recognize patient safety as priority.
- Collaborate with international organizations.
- Integrate safety critical programs.
- Advocacy and support at local, national and global.
Explain Stratefy 1.2: Resource Mobilization:
- Secure fundings.
- Allocate sustainable finances.
- Ensure adequate staffing and infrastructure.
- Integrate patient safety to annual budgets.
- Advocate for resources.
Explain Stratefy 1.3 and 1.4 : Legislation and Regulations:
1.Develop legal frameworks.
2. Mandatory licensing.
3. Patient safety as a fundamental right.
4. Ensure compliance.
5. Encourage continuous feedback.
Explain Stratefy 1.5: Gobal Awareness and Engagement:
- Promote Word Patient Safety Day.
- Organize national events.
- Commit to anual goals.
- Align with global campaigns.
- Support research.
Which is objective #2 of the GPS action plan?
Building high-reliable heath systems and organizations.
Develop a strong safety culture in healthcare with a solid leadership.
5 characteristics of High Reliability Organizations:
- Preoccupation with failure.
- Reluctance to simplify.
- Sensitivity to operations.
- Commitment to resilience.
- Deference to expertise.
Key strategies to achieve High Reliability Healthcare Systems:
- Develop a culture of respect , openness and transparency.
- Implement a strong governance framework.
- Strengthen clinical and managerial leadership.
- Integrate human factors and ergonomics.
- Incorporate patient safety in emergency preparedness.
Explain Strategy 3.1: Identify all risk-prone clinical procedures:
- Create expert groups
- Update a database of knowledge
- Establish a leadership group
- Collaborate with private sector
- Review evidence
Explain Strategy 3.2: GPS Challenge Medication without harm:
- Protect patients, on high risk situations.
- Increase awareness: educate patients
- Establish leadership
- Engage all stakeholders
- Promote safety campaigns and tools
Explain Strategy 3.3. Infection prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance :
- Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control Programs
- Infection reporting
- Clean and hygienic environment
- Raise awareness
- Global leadership and coordination
Explain Strategy: 3.4 Safety of medical devices, blood and vaccines:
- Safety programs from production, storage and supply.
- Use medical devices that meet standards.
- Participate in external programs
- Engage with industry leaders
- Develop normative guidance of medical products.
Explain Strategy 3.5 : Patient Safety in primary care and transitions
- Create integrated information systems
2.Standardize procedures across facilities - Standardize patients records
- Promote research
- Integrate patient safety into WHOS continuity of care
Objetive of strategy number 4:
Engage and empower patients and family to help and support the journey to safer health care.
Explain Strategy 4.1: Engage patients, families and civil society organizations in the co-development of policies..
- Ensure transparency through legally binding framework
- Patient and Family involvement.
- Promote patient safety as a human right.
- Involve patients and family un decision making.
- Advocate involvement in developing tools.
Explain Strategy 4.2: Learn from the experience of patients and families
- Create platforms and events.
- Include patients and family experiences.
- Promote mechanisms to learn from experiences.
- Hold national and local events.
Explain Strategy 4.3: Build the capacity of patient advocates and champions
- Government supports patient advocates
- Train patient advocates
- Study how patients can improve safety
- Improve the WHO global patient safety program
