The last thing on an ailing person’s mind during treatment should be hospital safety. Patients have the fundamental right to choose a healthcare facility that guarantees patient safety measures in hospital. Hospitals must reassure that their patients are provided safe care, particularly in times of a global pandemic.
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)
takes great pride in being able to provide international standards of infection
control and patient safety measures. At AKUH, the safety of all patients and
staff is of the utmost priority. It is dedicated to always improving patient
safety and quality of care. The additional rigorous infection-prevention
protocols practiced at the hospital help minimize the spread
of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Our team of experts at AKUH ensure
that they not only practice all infection control protocol themselves, but have
all their patients and attendants do the same in all patient care areas.
- Additional steps that can be taken to ensure patient safety include:
- Improving the accuracy of patient identification. Particularly with patients sharing similar names.
- Adequately educating the patient about all associated risks with a procedure. Equipping them with the proper knowledge to make an informed decision about their health.
- Reduce the risk of contracting a healthcare related infection during treatment or post-surgery.
- Reduce the risk of patient injury/harm resulting from falls, a preventable but common risk.
- Improve the medication delivery system to prevent mix-ups or overdoses. That also includes recording and passing along the correct information about a patient’s medicines.
- An efficient communication network between healthcare providers.
- Ensuring a proper safety check for all procedures for the patient. Take extra precaution with patients who take medicines to thin their blood.
A good hospital will always make sure to keep up to date about the latest innovations in patient safety measures in a hospital and always work in further improving patient safety and quality of care.