Patient Safety Comes First! Daedong Hospital Holds Patient Safety and Infection Control Week Event

Daedong Hospital held the 6th Patient Safety Infection Control Week event.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Daedong Hospital held a Patient Safety Infection Control Week Proclamation Ceremony and Patient Safety Excellence Department & Patient Safety Keeper Awards Ceremony on the 13th.

The Patient Safety Infection Control Week, operated under the supervision of the Appropriate Management Office and Infection Control Office in accordance with the Medical Service Act to contribute to creating a safe hospital environment, aims to raise awareness of the importance of patient safety among all hospital staff and visitors and to awaken safety consciousness.

This event included ▲Awards for Patient Safety Excellence Departments ▲Exhibition of Patient Safety Improvement Activity Cases ▲Patient Safety Improvement Idea Event ▲Patient Safety-related Quiz ▲QI Midterm Presentation ▲Patient Safety Week Announcement Broadcast, among others.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face events such as grand rounds and promotional hall events were not held, and the focus was on non-face-to-face events such as online events and exhibitions.

During the event period, the non-face-to-face exhibition of patient safety improvement activity cases featured in-hospital improvement activities for fall prevention and in-hospital improvement activities through patient safety alert issuance by the Patient Safety Reporting and Learning System (KOPS).

Improvement ideas regarding systems and facilities that could pose risks to patient safety during hospital use such as outpatient and inpatient care were accepted online, and selected cases will be applied.

Kim Soo-hyung, head of the Appropriate Management Office at Daedong Hospital (specialist in cardiology), said, “We took time to think about the importance of patient safety,” adding, “All staff will carry out preventive activities and share cases to provide high-quality medical services by creating a safe hospital.”

Since 2019, Daedong Hospital has been selecting patient safety keepers by department to actively establish a patient safety culture, prevent patient safety accidents, detect risk factors in advance, and conduct improvement activities to prevent recurrence.

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