Patient Safety Reporting and Implementation during the Covid 19 pandemic (1 July 2021)

Summary

This article in the Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on patient safety reporting and procedures in 33 healthcare settings in Indonesia.

The authors found that:

• patient safety data was recorded and reported less often during 2020, partly due to fewer hospital attendances.
• the pandemic has had a significant positive impact on hospital staff's compliance with handwashing policies.
• surgical procedures were less accurate during 2020, as surgical staff sought to reduce infection risk by missing safety procedures such as the surgical checklist.