National safety goals

National safety goals

National safety goals are set objectives aimed  to improve the way patients have been handled in hospitals, the services provided by the hospital and health workers .This is focused to bring change and promote the patient survival rate in hospitals. These safety goals should be applied to each and every patient .If they are taken seriously by the health workers and the patients the general services in hospitals will improve and quality services will always be offered.

Facilities associated with these goals include the clinical alarms, the gloves and cutting tools used during surgical operations in the hospital. The utensils used by the care givers in feeding the patients.

Example of case where these goals are applicable is patient identification, is very important and the nurses and the clinical assistances should always be capable of identifying the new brought and the current patients. This makes it easy to give them the instant assistance. The way they have been doing this need to be improved. Medication should be used safely well prescription of medicines. Surgical related infection and urinary tract infections to be prevented. Use medication safety as well as improving mitigation of diseases likely to be spread during the time of medication. Try the safety alarms less harmful or the harm caused by the current one to be reduced. If this goals are put into action the will be great improvement in the health public health and this means improving level of patient survival.

References

Sitting, D. F., & Singh, H. (2012). Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals. New England Journal of Medicine, 367(19), 1854-1860.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, & Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (2006). Meeting the Joint Commission’s 2007 National Patient Safety Goals. Joint Commission Resources.