Learn: Learnhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/page/4/?d=1Learn: LearnenWHO: Perth declaration for patient safety (July 2009)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-perth-declaration-for-patient-safety-july-2009-r1245/1245Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:58:00 +0000WHO: Guidance for after action review (‎‎1 April 2019)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-guidance-for-after-action-review-%E2%80%8E%E2%80%8E1-april-2019-r3528/3528Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:48:00 +0000WHO: Patient safety factfile 2019https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-patient-safety-factfile-2019-r1044/ 1028438953_WHO(1).thumb.JPG.cc3983c8a0bb6564edb27563709d5521.JPG

]]>1044Sat, 02 Nov 2019 12:37:00 +0000WHO: From cooks to counsellors: keeping patients safe from harmhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-from-cooks-to-counsellors-keeping-patients-safe-from-harm-r817/817Sun, 20 Oct 2019 11:28:00 +0000WHO: Empowering patients (April 2012)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-empowering-patients-april-2012-r922/922Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:32:00 +0000Lancet: When will health care pass the orange-wire test? (October 2004)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/lancet-when-will-health-care-pass-the-orange-wire-test-october-2004-r914/914Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:12:00 +0000WHO: Patient Safety – Making health care safer (May 2017)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-patient-safety-%E2%80%93-making-health-care-safer-may-2017-r892/892Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:27:00 +0000What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/what-is-the-world-health-organization-who-r590/ The WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

It's goal is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

For universal health coverage, it:  

  • focuses on primary health care to improve access to quality essential services
  • works towards sustainable financing and financial protection
  • improves access to essential medicines and health products
  • trains the health workforce and advises on labour policies
  • supports people's participation in national health policies
  • improves monitoring, data and information.

For health emergencies, it:

  • prepares for emergencies by identifying, mitigating and managing risks
  • prevents emergencies and supports development of tools necessary during outbreaks
  • detects and responds to acute health emergencies
  • supports delivery of essential health services in fragile settings.

For health and well-being, it:

  • address social determinants
  • promotes intersectoral approaches for health
  • prioritises health in all policies and healthy settings.
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  • Fact 1: One in every 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care 
  • Fact 2: The occurrence of adverse events due to unsafe care is likely one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability across the world
  • Fact 3: Four out of every 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient health care 
  • Fact 4: At least 1 out of every 7 Canadian dollars is spent treating the effects of patient harm in hospital care 
  • Fact 5: Investment in patient safety can lead to significant financial savings
  • Fact 6: Unsafe medication practices and medication errors harm millions of patients and costs billions of US dollars every year
  • Fact 7: Inaccurate or delayed diagnosis is one of the most common causes of patient harm and affects millions of patients
  • Fact 8: Hospital infections affect up to 10 out of every 100 hospitalized patients 
  • Fact 9: More than 1 million patients die annually from complications due to surgery 
  • Fact 10: Medical exposure to radiation is a public health and patient safety concern 
    • ]]>    557Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:20:05 +0000    WHO: Guidance on engaging patients and patient organisations in hand hygiene initiatives (2009)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-guidance-on-engaging-patients-and-patient-organisations-in-hand-hygiene-initiatives-2009-r459/459Thu, 05 Sep 2019 07:47:00 +0000WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety: Patients for Patient Safety London Declaration (February 2006)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-world-alliance-for-patient-safety-patients-for-patient-safety-london-declaration-february-2006-r1724/1724Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:07:00 +0000WHO surgical safety checklist (1st edition, 2009)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-surgical-safety-checklist-1st-edition-2009-r64/64Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:02:00 +0000WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (December 2015)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/international-patient-safety/who/who-safe-childbirth-checklist-december-2015-r2/ The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist is a tool intended to improve the quality of care for women and babies at the time of childbirth. The Checklist is an organised list of evidence-based essential birth practices targeting major causes of maternal deaths, intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths that occur in facilities around the world.

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