Patient Safety Net

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

check out: patient safety net : a national safety resource

maintained by: agency for healthcare research and quality

a continuously updated, annotated, and carefully selected collection of patient safety news, literature, tools, and resources.

sign-up for newsletter: http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/signfornews.aspx

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

The "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" Link isn't working.

[mbmclnc]

we are new to this site, we need information on soc patient safety -mainly rn's responsibility to pt. room environment safety - any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks

[Bill Levinson]

This is interesting

http://www.ismp.org/Newsletters/acutecare/articles/20071115.asp

"Errors with injectable medications: Unlabeled syringes are surprisingly common!"

Anyone who has worked in a factory knows that you NEVER use anything from an unlabeled container. The recommendations in the article make perfect sense.

[kurtstinson]

for the safety of patients first of all we should use syringes from where we find the labels are in place as we know anything can be there in un marked box.after usage must destroy the syringes otherwise its a real threat for everybody.always discuss things with seniors before going for any medication.

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kurt stinson

addiction recovery connecticut

[andersonsmith]

patient needs a special take care by the doctors, so that's why only the doctors of

the hospital is not liable for that, even as well as the junior staff is also responsible

for that, they should liable towards the work.

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andersonsmith

www.addictionrecovery.net/florida

[Mrs.Mom.RN]

I'm not aware of this system. Does anyone know if the data collection is quantitative, qualitative or both?

Thanks for the information.