International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG)

IPSG
INTERNATIONALPATIENTSAFETY
GOALS

Why Patient safety Goals
1. To promote specific improvements in patient safety.
2. To highlight problematic areas in health care and describe
. evidence- and expert-based consensus solutions
to these . . . . Problems.
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To promote specific improvements in patient safety
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Highlight problematic areas in health care
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Describe evidence-and expert-based consensus solutions to
these problems

List of Goals
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Goal 1: Identify Patients Correctly.
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Goal 2: Improve Effective Communication.
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Goal 3: Improve the Safety of High-Alert Medications.
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Goal 4: Ensure Correct-Site, Correct-Procedure,
Correct- Patient Surgery.
• Goal 5: Reduce the Risk of Health Care–Associated
Infections.
ØGoal 6: Reduce the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting . .
from falls

IPSG.1 Identify Patients Correctly
Using at least two (2) ways to identify a
patient.
1. Patient full Name “ ask the patient’s what’s your
name”
2. patient medical record number ( MRN).
The patient's room number and location
can be used to identify the patient

PATIENTS ARE IDENTIFIED WHEN?
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1.Giving medicines, blood or blood products.
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2.Taking blood samples and other specimens for clinical
testing.
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3.Providing any other treatments or procedures
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Goal 2: Improve Effective Communication.

IPSG.2 Improve Effective Communication
The complete verbal and telephone
order
or test result is written down by the
receiver . of the order or test
result.
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The order or test result is confirmed by the individual
who gave the order or test result.

verbal Communication:-
The Receiver does the Following:
oDocument the order immediately on the Physician
order sheet ( Including date and time , Physician name
& pager no. )
oTelephone Communication
oUSING ISBAR.
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GOAL 3: Improve the Safety of High-alert Medications.
Writing medications in capital
letters prevents medical errors

High-Alert Medications are:
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Medications involved in a high percentage of errors and/or
sentinel events
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Medications that carry a higher risk for adverse outcomes
Look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) medications
Ø Heparin
ØWarfarin
Ø Narcotic medications
Ø Potassium chloride
Ø Epinephrine / non epinephrine

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Policies or procedures are developed to address the
identification, location, labeling, and storage of high-alert
medications properly .
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The policies or procedures are implemented

IPSG.4 Ensure Correct-Site, Correct-Procedure, Correct-Patient
Surgery

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Uses an instantly recognized mark for surgical-site
identification and involves the patient in the marking
process.
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Uses a checklist or other process to verify preoperatively
the Correct Site, Correct Procedure, and Correct Patient
and that all documents and equipment needed are on hand,
correct, and functional.
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Marking the correct surgical site.
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Pre- operative verification process.
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Conduct time out process.
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Goal 5: Reduce the Risk of Health Care–Associated
infections.

2- infection control practices to include: 5 moment of hand hygiene

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3-Use PPE ( Personal protective equipment)
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Policies and/or procedures are developed that support continued reduction of health
care-associated infections

Goal 6: Reduce The Risk Of Patient Harm Resulting From Falls

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Implements a process for the initial assessment of patients for
fall risk and reassessment of patients when indicated by a
change in condition or medications.
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Measures are implemented to reduce fall risk for those assessed
to be at risk.
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Measured are monitored for results, both successful fall injury
reduction and any unintended related consequences.
Assess and periodically reassess each patients risk for falling ,
including the potential risk associated with the patients

International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG)

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