Summary
This is South Australia patient Safety Report for 2017. South Australia Health is committed to creating and maintaining a sustainable quality environment which provides services that are consumer centred, driven by information and organised by safety , by ensuring that:
- patients can get care when they need it
- healthcare staff respect and respond to patient choices, needs and values
- partnerships are formed between patients, their family, carers and healthcare providers
- up-to-date knowledge and evidence is used to guide decisions about care
- safety and quality data is collected, analysed and fed back for improvement
- action is taken to improve patients’ experience
- safety is made a central feature of how healthcare facilities are run, how staff work and how funding is organised.
Content
The report includes:
- Safety and quality programs
- Coronial findings
- Infection control and prevention strategy
- Medication safety
- Blood and blood product safety
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