Patient Safety

Question 1

Summarise what the ‘To Err Is Human’ is and its 7 main points

Answer 1

= asserts that the problem is not bad people in health care, but it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer.
1) Prevalence of medicinal errors
2) Human errors
3) Systemic causes
4) Accountability and reporting
5) Development of the National Patient safety Agency
6) Continuous improvement
7) Patient awareness

Question 2

What are the NPSA steps to patient safety?

Answer 2

1) Build a safety culture
2) Lead and support your staff
3) Integrate your risk management activity
4) Promote reporting
5) Involve and communicate with patients and the public
6) Learn and share safety lessons
7) Implement solutions to prevent harm

Question 3

What are the 7 patient safety rights?

Answer 3

1) Right patient
2) Right drug
3) Right dose
4) Right route
5) Right time
6) Right info
7) Right documentation

Question 4

List the 5 steps of the ‘patient safety incident reporting’

Answer 4

1) Record
2) Learn
3) Share
4) Act
5) Review

Question 5

Define patient safety

Answer 5

= is the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care.
Healthcare professionals should work together to minimise patient safety incidents and drive improvement in safety and quality.