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Pressure ulcers impose a high burden of disease on both the affected individual and society. Demographic change and multimorbidity aggravate the problem. The present study describes the systematic implementation of a comprehensive approach to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers in an inpatient setting. The introduction of systematic risk assessment and the subsequent risk-adjusted application...
Eine größtmögliche Sicherheit im Bereich der medizinischen Behandlungsabläufe ist nur durch eine aktive Einbindung des medizinischen Personals im Rahmen eines proaktiven und präventiven Qualitätsmanagements zu erreichen. Aufgrund der bestehenden Wissensasymmetrie zwischen Patienten und dem medizinischen Personal können Patienten und Angehörige die Qualität der medizinischen Behandlung sowie die Sicherheit...
Die Veröffentlichung des IOM-Reports “To err is human: Building a safer health system” im Jahre 1999 hat das Primat des „Primum non nocere“ schlagartig in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gebracht und Patientensicherheit zu einem zentralen Aspekt von Qualität in der Medizin gemacht. Eine wesentliche Konsequenz des Berichtes war die Forderung nach einer funktionierenden Sicherheitskultur. Während...
Risk management implies that one has identified and analysed the root cause of the risk. In blood transfusion public and<space> political opinion on the perceived risks are mainly related to product stigmatisation, to cognitive aspects of risk. Therefore this perception is affective, and has a negative connotation. In order to manage risk in an optimal manner, we need to understand how people...
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