Location

Productivity and Quality Institute - Alexandria

Objectives

• By the end of this training module, each participant will be able to:• Describe the fundamental concepts of patient safety • Explain the magnitude of patient safety challenges • Identify and monitor threats to patient safety towards a sustainable positive safety culture • Determine the characteristics that support efforts to prevent harm to patients • Identify and evaluate effective patient safety practices • Define infrastructure components of the patient safety program • Integrate patient safety concepts & activities within the organization›s strategic goals • Promote long-term gains on a journey to zero harm• Discuss new, evidence-based estimates of patient harms associated with hospital care • Adopt prevention plan and implement response steps • Discuss the burden of unsafe care • Appreciate the importance of patient’s safety program • Construct a hospital patient safety system

Outcomes

By the end of this training module, each participant will be able to: • Apply the best evidence for the collaborative healthcare choices of each patient and provider • Implement patient safety systems within daily work • Analyze collected data for continuous improvement

Course Contents

• Scope and oversight of the patient safety program • GAHAR patient safety: from standards to practice • Safe and appropriate consultation during access, continuity, and transition of care • Safe provision of surgery, anesthesia, and sedation • Diagnostic and ancillary services competencies • Continuity of medication management services • Role of the patient safety committee • Malpractice claims analysis • Risk detection, assessment, prioritization, reporting, and management tools • Infection prevention and control sustainability • Tips to prevent facility environmental hazards- creating and sustaining a culture of safety • The facility burden of unsafe medical care • Organization governance and management integration• Workforce management verification and evaluation • Using quality and performance improvement towards development • Information management and safe technology implementation • Patients’ roles in reducing errors: a guide for patients • Organization-wide i