2. Patient Safety

2. Patient Safety

1. The extent of patient harm: 10-20% patients may suffer an adverse event while in hospital. The burden of unsafe care is bigger due to the limitations of infrastructure, technology and resources.

2. The causes of adverse event: resulting from prescribing and delivering the incorrect therapy; making an inaccurate and untimely diagnosis and the ill-management of perioperative care.

3. To reduce adverse event, attentions should be given to:

·Maternal and newborn care  ·Health care-associated infections

·Coordination and communication  ·Unsafe injection practices

·Unsafe blood products     ·Adverse drug events

·Inadequate knowledge, skills and competencies

·Utilization of electronic prescription system

4. In governance level, efforts should directed to develop practical clinical protocols or standards for common conditions; to conduct ongoing education and supervision of clinical staff; to encourage communication and reporting between clinicians.

5. Researches could be conducted in:

·Measuring harm  ·Understanding the causes

·Developing solutions  ·Learning from implementation

·Evaluating impact ·Translating improvements into policy and practice