Safety and Quality

Patient identification and patient correspondence to the intended treatment are activities routinely performed at all medical sites. Where there is a discrepancy between a given patient and its care component it is unlikely that patient safety risks will occur whether these components are diagnostic, therapeutic or supportive is there. For healthcare as a whole, the patient is not correctly identified, this information is consistent with the expected clinical interventions and continues to cause erroneous people, incorrect on site procedures, mistakes in dosage, blood transfusion errors and diagnostic test errors

There are many reasons for errors associated with patient identification and program matching, and various strategies have been proposed to solve them. The committee's work focuses on the standardization of processes and the development of safety procedures to determine the general tasks needed to identify patients. These safety procedures allow employees to concentrate on activities that require more cognitive processing and judgment, such as providing clinical care.

Standardization 5: Patient identification and program identification of national safety and quality medical service standards is an important driving force driving the standardization of the patient identification process.

Barcodes are widely used in other industries, radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) and other biometric devices have brought about attempts to introduce such methods into healthcare. Overseas experience shows the relatively high introduction costs, the importance of effective implementation methods, and the impact of commercial markets

To support the adoption of appropriate technical solutions in Australia, the Committee reviewed the possibility of patient misunderstanding using technical solutions in the Australian medical environment, in 2008 a patient misperception We asked for review of the solution solution (PDF 245 KB). Advantages and applications for safety and quality

The committee has developed specifications for the standard domestic patient identification band. This specification specifies the availability, content, and color standards of the Australian patient identification band. According to National Health and Safety Quality Service Standards, hospitalized patients need to use identification bands when meeting these specifications.

National safety and quality health service standards require the use of documented procedures to match patients and their intended care. The Patient / Program Matching program provides guidance on the procedures to take in order to make patients properly match their intended care. There are many different patient / program matching protocols available.

- Ensure correct patient, correct part, correct radiology, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy and oral surgery

In addition, domestic organizations such as the Australian Safety and Health Quality Council (ACSQHC) have certified 10 National Security and Quality Health Services (NSQHS) standards for medical institutions and announced the overall vision of safety and quality in Australia Did. Safety and quality framework for health management The National Health Performance Authority has established the Performance and Accountability Framework (PAF) that lists the indicators to promote public reporting performance.

Implementation of improvements in safety and quality of health management - Domestic efforts to help improve the quality and safety of Australian health care. Final report submitted to the Minister of Health by the Australian National Expert Consultative Group on health, safety, and quality. In July 1999, NEAG, Canberra, (NEAG 1999 Final Report): Annex 1, page 27, July 30, 1998, excerpt from the minutes of the Australian Health Ministers Meeting. 26 Thomas EJ. Stud Dell DM. Ransiman WB. Web RK. Sexton EJ Wilson RM. Gilbert RW. Harison BT. Brennan TA. Comparison of iatrogenic damage studies in Australia and the USA I: background, method, case mix, population, patient and hospital characteristics International Journal of Health Care Quality, October, 12 (5), Health Module, pp. 371-378