NABH National Safety Goals 2021

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  • National Patient Safety Goals 2021
    The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety.
    The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them.
    National Patient Safety Goal #01 - Identify Patients Correctly
    Use at least two ways to identify patients.
    For example, use the patient’s name and date of birth.
    This is done to make sure that each patient gets the correct medicine and treatment.
    National Patient Safety Goal #02 - Improve Staff Communication
    Get important test results to the right staff person on time.
    National Patient Safety Goal #03 - Use Medicines Safely
    Before a procedure, label medicines that are not labelled.
    For example, medicines in syringes, cups and basins.
    Do this in the area where medicines and supplies are set up.
    Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood.
    Record and pass along correct information about a patient’s medicines.
    Find out what medicines the patient is taking.
    Compare those medicines to new medicines given to the patient.
    Give the patient written information about the medicines they need to take.
    Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time
    they visit a doctor.
    National Patient Safety Goal #04 - Use Alarms Safely
    Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipment
    are heard and responded to on time.
    National Patient Safety Goal #05 - Prevent Infection
    Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and
    Prevention or the World Health Organization. Set goals for improving hand cleaning.
    Use the goals to improve hand cleaning.
    National Patient Safety Goal #06 - Identify Patient Safety Risks
    Reduce the risk for suicide.
    National Patient Safety Goal #07 - Prevent Mistakes In Surgery
    Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the correct patient
    and at the correct place on the patient’s body.
    Mark the correct place on the patient’s body where the surgery is to be done.
    Pause before the surgery to make sure that a mistake is not being made.

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