To attend the Patient Safety Summit of UK Presidency of the EU 2005, learn and share ideas with each other, participate in discussing and developing the vision and mission as well as goals for patients for patient safety program, seek the common interest for further cooperation so as to help promote the activities on patient safety in healthcare in China.
Patient safety culture is an extension of the concept of safety culture in medical institutions and is a hot spot of current patient safety research. In recent years, patient safety culture research has developed rapidly, and new assessment tools and related research have emerged. There is a correlation between cultural factors and safety outcomes, and changing the patient safety culture can improve patient outcomes. This paper focuses on the literature review of patient safety and outpatient safety assessment tools published in China and abroad, analyzes and compares the performance characteristics of domestic and foreign assessment tools, and provides reference for the future patient safety culture research.
This paper introduces the current situation of patient safety movement in 20 years from its origin, and expounds the strategies of patient safety from six view points of medical reform, medical insurance, system, culture, education and training, and patient participation in patient safety, so as to promote the healthy development of patient safety work in China.
ObjectiveTo investigate and analyze the knowledge, skills and attitudes of nursing students to patient safety before and after internship so as to provide evidence for implementation of patient safety curriculum in nursing students. MethodsUndergraduate nursing students before and after internship in nursing school of Wannan Medical College were recruited. The questionnaire method was performed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and skills of patient safety before and after the internship. The data were input using EpiData 3.0 software and were analyzed by SPSS 13.0. ResultsA total of 451 questionnaires were distributed before the internship and of which 435 nursing students completed the survey (96.45%), 418 questionnaires were distributed after the internship, of which 412 (98.56%) nursing students completed the survey. There were significant higher scores in female nursing students after the internship in the items of 'Knowledge about medical errors' and 'What am I supposed to do when medical errors occur' (P=0.000 and 0.000, respectively), while lower scores of the items of 'Feelings about making errors' and 'Your intentions regarding patient safety' (P=0.002 and 0.006, respectively). Only the score of the item 'What am I supposed to do when medical errors occur' was significantly higher in male nursing students after the internship (P=0.046). ConclusionThe internship is useful for improving experiencing practice, knowledge on patient safety, reduce the negative feelings about making errors.
As the development of medical imageology, radioexamination has become one of the main approaches of disease diagnosis. However, the society and hospital have not taken the hidden danger and harmfulness of radiation seriously. Through discussing the following eight aspects of radiation safety culture management, this paper aims to reduce the risk of radiation and ensure the safety of patients and medical staff: a) Improving the awareness of safety culture and the understanding of patients on safety culture; b) Consummating the safety management system of the radiation; c) Attaching importance to implementing the relevant laws and regulations of radiation; d) Mastering the examination indications, and especially the contraindications of radiation; e) Strengthening the clinical cooperation and exchange; f) Improving the staff’s ability to distinguish hidden danger and identify patients in high risk; g) Strengthening the nursing behavior safety management of the radiation department; and h) Strengthening the biological security management of the radiation department.
ObjectiveTo analyze the application of artificial pricing system in wound care clinic. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the pricing and charging by five nurses with artificial pricing system between January and May 2013 in the wound care clinic of a grade-A level-three hospital in Beijing. Among the 1012 times of pricing, 448 were out-of-pocket cases, 372 were insurance cases and 192 were military cases. ResultsGenerally, the average fee of the three types of cases had no significant difference (P>0.05). The military case was a little higher than the other two kinds of cases, and the cost of insurance cases was the lowest of all. There were no significant difference between the average price of out-of-pocket cases and military cases, and the general average price, but there was some differences in the aspect of insurance pricing. In the insurance cases, two nurses' pricing was significantly lower and one significantly higher than the general average (P<0.05). ConclusionThe artificial pricing system is unstable and uncertain, and it has high risk on patients'safety in wound care clinic.
Participating in patients for patient safety program will help place patients at the center of efforts to improve patient safety. This paper presented a brief introduction to patients for patient safety program and its significance and functions.
Day surgery is a new mode of diagnosis and treatment, and is greatly honoured and rewarded abroad. In China, day surgery begins rather later, but it has been gradually spread and applied in some large hospitals for its shorter hospital stay and less hospitalization cost. Day surgery management is a process including admission, operation, and discharge that should be finished within 24 hours, so the guarantee of medical quality and patient safety is principal factor of sustainable development influencing day surgery. This paper introduces the specifications for the quality and safety management of day surgery in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, to regulate and promote the application of day surgery, and further improve the medical quality and safety of day surgery.
Patient safety is one of the most important topics for 21st century medical education. The patient safety education has been included in the undergraduate education in such countries as USA, Great Britain, Australia and Japan. World Health Organization (WHO) has established patient safety education guidelines in medical undergraduates and developing countries have been emphasized to promote the project of patient safety education. Due to lack of patient safety education courses, China still need to resort to WHO patient safety education guidelines and refer to foreign teaching methods to explore suitable patient safety education system and training mode.