Patient safety

Identification, hand hygiene, the surgical safety checklist, falls, pressure injuries and adverse-event reporting.

11 pages

Safe practice

• Adverse events: reporting, analysis and a just cultureWhen something goes wrong or nearly goes wrong, the patient is cared for, the event is reported…
• Caring for an existing pressure injury by stageOnce a pressure injury exists, care removes the pressure, treats the wound for its stage…
• Correct patient identificationBefore any care, at least two of the patient's own details are used to confirm that you are…
• Hand hygiene: the five moments and the techniqueCleaning your hands at the right moment and in the right way is the simplest measure to prevent…
• Physical restraints: a last resort and their safe useA physical restraint limits movement; it is used only when alternatives have failed, with an…
• Preventing falls: risk assessment and measuresEach patient's fall risk is assessed, and measures for everyone are combined with extra measures…
• Preventing pressure injuries: risk scales, repositioning and skin carePatients at risk are identified, pressure is relieved by repositioning, and the skin is…
• Seizure precautions and care during a seizurePrepare the bedside before a seizure; during it, time it, protect the head and never restrain or…
• The WHO surgical safety checklistThe surgical team pauses at three points of an operation to confirm the critical safety items…

Fundamental

• Patient safety in Colombia: the policy and its instructional packagesColombia has a national policy to reduce avoidable harm from health care and to learn from…

Assessment

• Pressure injury stagingPressure injuries are staged by the depth of visible damage, from intact red skin to exposed…

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Educational content for students; it does not replace your institution's protocols, supervised clinical training or a prescriber's order. Dose-calculation examples use made-up numbers: they are educational, not a clinical order.

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