Patient harm Flashcards
1
Q
Define patient harm
A
unforeseen accidents which are caused by care given to patient rather than underlying disease
2
Q
What different ways can patient come to harm?
A
Infections
unsafe surgical care procedures
equipment
3
Q
How to reduce risk of unsafe surgical procedures?
A
WHO surgical safety checklist
Getting 2 people to check details
4
Q
How to reduce risk of infections?
A
Hand washing
PPE
public hesalth section!
5
Q
How to reduce risk of equipment?
A
Training to ensure clinicians are failing using them on patients
sterilising equipment
regular equipment checkup to ensure still works
