GLOBAL PATIENT SAFETY ACTION PLAN 2021-2030

Question 1

the global patient safety action plan aims to

Answer 1

eliminate avoidable harm in health care

Question 2

why do we need a global patient safety action plan?

Answer 2

because patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge

Question 3

is most of patient harm avoidable?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

how is the public confidence and trust in local health systems

Answer 4

reduced

Question 5

the patient harm in health care leads to

Answer 5

death and disability worldwide

Question 6

what are the human costs of the unsafe care in public health?

Answer 6

patient and family costs
health care workers suffer psychological harm

Question 7

what costs do we have because of unsafe health care systems?

Answer 7

human costs and economic/finanacial costs

Question 8

what is patient safety?

Answer 8

a framework of organized activities that creates

cultures,
processes,
procedures,
behaviors,
technologies
and environments

in healthcare that consistently and sustainably

lower risks,
reduce the occurrence of avoidable harm,
make errors less likely
and reduce the impact of harm when it does occur

Question 9

VISION of global patient safety action plan

Answer 9

a world in which no one is harmed in healthcare and every patient receives safe and respectful care, every time, everywhere

Question 10

MISSION of global patient safety action plan

Answer 10

drive forward policies, strategies and actions, based on science, patient experience, system design and partnerships, to eliminate all sources of avoidable risk and harm to patients and health workers

Question 11

GOAL of global patient safety action plan

Answer 11

achieve the maximum possible reduction in avoidable harm due to unsafe healthcare globally

Question 12

how many guinding principles does the global patient safety action plan has?

Answer 12

7

Question 13

1st guinding principle of GPSAP

Answer 13

ENGAGE PATIENT AND FAMILIES

patients informes, involved and treated as full partners in their own care

Question 15

3rd guiding principle of GPSAP

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ANALYZE AND SHARE DATA

sources of data

understand why safety incidents happen and devise solutions to prevent

analizes data BUT mostly collects and stores data

Question 15

2nd guinding principle of GPSAP

Answer 15

COLLABORATIVE WORKING

everybody contributes!! shares and learns

always meet countries and communities priorities

Question 16

4rth guiding principle of GPSAP

Answer 16

TRANSLATE EVIDENCE INTO ACTIONABLE AND MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENT

knowing-doing gap

Question 17

5th guiding principle of GPSAP

Answer 17

BASE POLICIES AND ACTION ON THE NATURE OF THE CARE SETTING

more attention and research in PS based on experience of high-resouced health care systems and large hospitals

BUT adaption to local context is important

Question 18

6th guiding principle of GPSAP

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USE BOTH SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE TO IMPROVE SAFETY

plan with scientific expertise and insight of cases that have suffered loss and harm

Question 19

7th guiding principle of GPSAP

Answer 19

INSTILL A SAFETY CULTURE

safety culture should be part of the organizational philosophy and culture

leadership, commitment, communication, learning from errors, balance between no blame policy and responsibility

Question 20

GPSAP framework for action

Answer 20

seven by five matrix

Question 26

seven by five matrix

Answer 26

7 strategic objectives

35 strategies, 5 under each of the strategic objectives