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Patient Safety

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Patient Safety is the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with healthcare. In an ideal world, no patients are harmed during healthcare. Yet, it is estimated that 1 over 10 patients is harmed during hospital admission1

30-70% of patient safety events are preventable1

15% of hospital expenditure and activity in OECD countries can be attributed to treating safety failures1

Litigation cost 2% of the NHS budget in England2

Voices of safety

At BD, we partner with regional patient safety associations to empower individuals to share these stories in our joint fight for better patient care.

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Beyond patient harm and associated cost, patient safety events impact the hospital image and reputation and staff efficiency.

The challenges lie in sustaining a culture of safety, in the implementation of evidence-based practice interventions and in communication and collaboration across departments.

Healthcare-associated infections

Increased compliance to guidelines and standardised practices can help you decrease HAIs.

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Antimicrobial resistance

An integrated stewardship model with a holistic approach based on antimicrobial, infection prevention and diagnostic can help you fight antimicrobial resistance.

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Sepsis

The complete implementation of a sepsis bundle can help you lower the risk of mortality associated with sepsis by 31%.

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Medication errors

Standardisation medication processes, full traceability, automation and closed-loop medication management can help you prevent medication errors.

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An open culture of safety and and a total systems approach are critical to improve Patient Safety3

"Human error is inevitable... It's at the system level where we have to prevent harm to the patient"
(Liam Donaldson, WHO World Health Alliance for Patient Safety)

How BD supports you

With an extensive portfolio of products, services and capabilities, BD supports you in: sustaining a culture of safety, preventing patient safety events across the entire patient journey, implementing safe, innovative, and optimized technology to improve patient safety, ensuring healthcare workers safety, reaching the metrics that reflects meaningful outcomes.

BD supports you in heatlhcare-associated infection prevention and treatment management

BD supports your sepsis diagnosis and treatment management

BD supports you in implementing antimicrobial stewardship programmes

BD supports you in reducing errors from diagnostics to drug administration

BD supports change and continuous quality improvement

The BD Center for Safety & Clinical Excellence in Dubai completes 5 impactful years.

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*This content is intended for healthcare professionals only.
**Not all products, services or features of products and services may be available in your local area. Please check with your local BD representative.

References
  1. Slawomirski L. The economics of patient safety. Strengthening a value-based approach to reducing patient harm at national level. Paris: OECD; 2017
  2. Christopher Wai Hung Yau, Bertie Leigh, Elisa Liberati,Daniel Punch, Mary Dixon-Woods, Tim Draycott, Clinical negligence costs: taking action to safeguard NHS sustainability, BMJ 2020;368:m552 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m552 (Published 2 March 2020)
  3. CQC Report, Opening the door to change 2018, AND Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS, eds. To err is human: Building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 1999)
  4. L Donaldon quote: https://www.foxnews.com/story/world-health-organization-targets-medical-mistakes (accessed June 2020)
  5. CDC 2011-2012
  6. Vincent J-L, Jones G, David S, Olariu E, Cadwell KK. Frequency and mortality of septic shock in Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Lond Engl. 2019;23(1):196. doi:10.1186/s13054-019-2478-6
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