Humanelaw

Patient Safety is one of the most burning health care challenges that most of the nation face. The need to mull over and deal with the safety of patients has been extensively recognized over the past decade. The key element of patient safety is admittance to high quality health care. Successful patient care results from synchronized efforts of health care professionals.

The prime patient safety right includes medication safety. Every patient is entitled to receive five rights of medication safety which are right patient, right drug, right route, right time and right drug. Patient identification plays an important role in matching the accurate patient with the accurate care. The failure of proper patient identification may lead to wrong treatment of patient or no treatment at all.

The activity of blood transfusion to patients must be carried out safely in order to ensure patient safety. Prior to blood transfusion the blood group of the donor and receiver should be thoroughly checked to avoid the ill effects of it. Patient safety right involves dignity of the patient. Every patient should be treated with dignity and no patient should be abused. Vulnerable patients such as patients above 70 years, patients below 5 years and patients suffering from mental retardation should be taken special care.

Patient safety right includes right to treatment, right to emergency treatment and no patient should be subjected to refusal of treatment. The confidentiality of one patients report should not be disclosed to another patient. The health care team should keep patients well-versed regarding the patients care. A safe and hygienic environment is vital for the infection, prevention and control. The most important measure adopted by the hospitals for the safety of patient is hand hygiene.“Cleaning your hands” is a program strictly adopted by the health care sector to prevent infection and ensure germ free environment for patients. “Being Open” is a policy which provides assistance to healthcare staff in talking to patients and their families. A safety culture is where staff within a hospital has a continuous and dynamic attentiveness of the potential for things to go wrong. Research suggests that 100,000 Americans die every year because of preventable medication errors. By adopting safety culture both the staff and the hospital are able to identify mistakes, learn from them and take measures to put things right. World Health Organization terms patient safety a widespread concern.