2021 National Patient Safety Goals

4 years ago

Anyuaniet Morales

2 minutes

The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them.

Goal 1-Improve the accuracy of patient identification. A. Use of two Patient identifiers (NPSG.01.01.01) B. Eliminating Transfusion Errors (NPSG.01.03.01)

Goal 2-Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.

A. Timely Reporting of Critical Results of Tests (NPSG.02.03.01)

Goal 3-Improve the safety of using medications.

A. Labeling Medications (NPSG.03.04.01)

B. Reducing Harm from Anticoagulation Therapy (NPSG.03.05.01)

C. Reconciling Medication Information (NPSG.03.06.01)

Goal 6-Reduce harm associated with clinical alarms systems A. Improve the Safety of Clinical Alarms Systems (NPSG.06.01.01)

Goal 7-Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.

A.Meeting Hand Hygiene Guidelines (NPSG.07.01.01)

B. Preventing Multidrug-Resistant Organism Infections (NPSG.07.03.01)

C .Preventing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (NPSG.07.04.01)

D .Preventing Surgical Site Infections (NPSG.07.05.01)

E .Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (NPSG.07.06.01)

Goal 15-The Organization identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population.

A. Identifying Individuals at Risk for Suicide (NPSG.15.01.01)

What are Universal Protocol?

The Universal Protocol applies to all surgical and non-surgical invasive procedures. Evidence indicates that procedures that place the patient at the most risk include those that involve general anesthesia or deep sedation, although other procedures may also affect patient safety; by correctly identifying the patient, the appropriate procedure, and the correct site of the procedure we can enhance safety hospital wide. Universal protocol are guidelines to prevent mistakes in all surgical and nonsurgical invasive procedures.

Prevent mistakes in Surgery

UP.01.01.01 Conduct a preprocedure verification process.

UP.01.02.01 Mark the procedure site

UP.01.03.01 A time-out is performed before the procedure