Patient safety

Question 1

What are the 6 things that make up Patient safety?

Answer 1

• safety culture
• teamwork
• communication
  -safety, risk and quality
• clinical human factors and system thinking
• Patient safety incident reporting and investigation centred

Question 2

What are the 7 NPSA suggested steps?

Answer 2

• build a safety culture
• lead and support your staff
• integrate your risk management activity
• promote reporting
• involve and communicate with patients and the public
• learn and share safety lessons
• implement solutions to prevent harm

Question 3

What are the 7 rights?

Answer 3

• right patient
• right drug
• right dosage
• right route
  -right time
• right information
• right documentation

Question 4

What are the 5 steps to patient incident reporting?

Answer 4

• Record
• Learn
• Share
• Act
• Review