What Is Patient Safety Flashcards
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Patient safety
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Freedom for patients from unnecessary or potential harm arising from healthcare
2
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Patient safety incident
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Any unintended or unexpected incident which could have or did lead to harm for one or more patients receiving NHS funded care
3
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Human error
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Occurs when he actions and decisions individuals result in failures that can immediately or directly impact patient safety
4
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Components of high quality healthcare
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Safe, effective, equal, timely, efficient, person centred
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What is safe?
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Minimise incidents, harm Mitigating risk Continuously improving Being just/proportionate Being open and honest Supporting those in incidents Freedom to speak up
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What causes error?
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Human and active
Contributory factors - patient, individual, team, task, organisation, state
Culture and climate
