Overview
Reducing medical errors and improving patient safety is primarily a systems-based problem, and there have been a number of specific tools and approaches developed to address this problem. This component presents a number of the more common tools that have been used and provides tips on how to implement them.
Abstract and learning objectives
IHI patient safety toolkit
- Download and review the Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit.
- Watch the 3-minute video below, which provides an orientation on how to use the toolkit.
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Review any of the following cases, including the commentaries to gain a conceptual understanding of how to describe errors and how to form potential solutions.
- Medication Errors in Retail Pharmacies: Wrong Patient, Wrong Instructions.
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Masquerading as Panic Attacks.
- Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order is Not Enough.
- Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump.