| dc.description.abstract | Sa
fety
has
be
c
o
me
a glob
al i
ssue
, including
for
hospi
tal
s
.
T
he
re
are five
im
port
ant
iss
ue
s
re
lat
e
d
to
safety
at
hospi
tal
name
ly
:
pati
e
nt
safety
,
w
orke
r
safety
or
he
alt
h
,
the
safety
of
buil
dings
,
a
nd
e
quipme
nt
in
hospi
tal
s
that
c
ould
hav
e
an
imp
ac
t
on
pati
e
nt
safety
off
ice
rs,
safety
of
the
e
nv
iron
me
nt
that
hav
e
an
im
pac
t
on
e
nv
ironme
ntal
poll
uti
on
and
safety
busi
ne
ss
hospi
tal
associated
w
it
h
hospi
ta
l
surviv
al
.
Five
saf
e
ty
asp
e
c
t
is
v
e
ry
import
ant
to
be
implem
e
nted
in
e
ac
h
hospi
tal
.
But
it
must
be
admitt
e
d
the
hospi
tal
inst
it
uti
ona
l
ac
ti
v
it
ies
c
an
w
ork
if
t
he
re
is
pati
e
nt
.
T
he
re
fore,
pati
e
nt
safety
is
a
top
prior
i
t
y
to
be
implem
e
nted
an
d
it
w
as
re
lat
e
d
to
the
iss
ue
of
the
quali
ty
and
image
of
t
he
hospi
tal
.
thi
s
type
of
re
se
arch
w
as
de
sc
ript
ive
re
se
arch
w
it
h
a
qu
al
it
ati
v
e
appr
oac
h.
T
he
numbe
r
of
inf
ormants
in
thi
s
re
se
arch
w
as
six
inf
ormants,
w
ho
w
e
re
take
n
using
purposi
v
e
sa
mpling.
T
he
data
c
oll
e
c
ti
on
m
e
thod
used
w
as
in
d
e
pt
int
e
rv
iew,
observ
ati
on,
and
doc
ume
ntat
ion.
T
he
n
th
e
data
re
ac
he
d
w
e
re
analyze
d
and
it
s
v
a
li
di
ty
w
as
e
x
amine
d
using
tri
angulat
ion
tec
hnique.
T
he
re
sult
s
of
re
se
arch
that
al
huda
hospi
tal
s
hav
e
implem
e
n
ted
pati
e
nt
safety
stand
a
rds
in
all
hospi
tal
unit
s
.
so
far
the
ne
e
d
for
impro
v
e
m
e
nt
.
Base
d
on
the
re
sult
s
of
the
study
,
the
hos
pit
al
i
s
e
x
pe
c
ted
to
be
de
tai
led
in
the
identif
ication
of
p
ati
e
nt
safety
.
pati
e
nt
saf
e
ty
ris
k
assessme
nt
,
manag
e
me
nt
of
pati
e
nt
safety
,
re
port
ing
and
analysis
of
pati
e
nt
incide
nts
,
the
abil
it
y
to
learn
from
the
incide
nt
,
f
oll
ow
up
and
implem
e
ntat
ion
o
f
solut
ions
to
minimiz
e
ris
k
.
Assessing
pati
e
nt
ac
c
idents
hospi
tal
izat
ion
Ho
spit
al
Al
Huda
so that
pati
e
nts
can
av
oid
ac
c
idents
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