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Hospitals are charged with responsibility of keeping patients wee and safe. Safety and wellness are closely linked as patient safety concerns usually tie directly into patient’s health concerns. Medication errors, diagnostic errors and acquired infections are a few issues that cause health safety concerns. These  patient safety issues  and many others will continue to flow in every year. Some of them are long established and will remain in the forefront of providers’ minds for years to come. Below are 8 patient safety issues you should know: 1.        Medication Errors According to recent statistics about 1.5 million U.S patients experience adverse effects every year due to medication errors. This issue has incurred healthcare system extra costs of about $3.5 billion when trying to deal with the problem. Recent research suggests that medication errors are largely caused by communication errors between patients and healthcare pro...

Health care  consumers benefit from understanding some of the issues involved in providing them with the best care, and some things they can do themselves to prepare for and learn about these issues. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals dedicate their lives to caring for their patients. But providing health care can be complicated. There are often multiple steps involved in a health care visit.  A number of different medical staff may be take part in the care of a single patient. And patients may be confused by unfamiliar words and technical language. Although hospitals, clinics, and doctor’s offices take many steps to keep their patients safe, medical errors can happen. Often, medical errors (also called adverse events) happen when there is a single misstep in a chain of activities. Researchers and experts in the field of  patient safety  have identified a number of ongoing patient safety challenges. Below are descriptions of some of the most common...

Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored hundreds of patient safety research and implementation projects, offers these evidence-based tips to prevent adverse events from occurring in your hospital. Improve hand hygiene compliance The link between dirty hands and the transmission of health care-associated infections has strong backing in epidemiological literature, and the importance of hand hygiene has been touted by the World Health Organization, the Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet rates of hand washing are low, averaging 39%, with many doctors and nurses underestimating the activity's safety value.Research shows that effective hand hygiene initiatives improve knowledge of when to clean and how to clean, require demonstration of the knowledge, ensure that alcohol-based rub ...