Identify the main security issues related to diagnostic errors.
Identify security issues in the different phases of patient evaluation: patient access, anamnesis, physical examination, complementary laboratory and imaging tests, evaluation and prioritization, referral or consultation, and follow-up.
Identify the main medication errors.
Characterize the international perspective regarding clinical security goals and priorities: ECRI Institute, AHRQ, Joint Commission International, and the International Patient Safety Goals, as well as pain as a patient safety issue.
Characterize security from the patient's perspective.
Define strategies for communicating errors to patients.
Identify tools to support second victims as an institutional commitment to patient safety.
Design a patient safety improvement program.
Describe medication safety and the main international background.
Identify medication safety issues in its different phases.
Analyze and apply preventive strategies to reduce medication safety issues and the main barriers faced by professionals and patients.
Descriure aspectes bàsics de la seguretat quirúrgica com a àrea destacada de la millora de la seguretat dels pacients en general.
Explorar l'aplicació d'estratègies de millora en seguretat quirúrgica.
Explicar les infeccions relacionades amb l'atenció en salut (IRAS) com a problema de seguretat i revisar les estratègies per a la seva prevenció i el paper dels diferents serveis i professionals en la prevenció i control de les IRAS.
Didactic units:
Evaluation and diagnosis
Identify the main security issues related to diagnostic errors.
Taxonomy of diagnostic errors
Errors in the seven stages of patient evaluation
Relationship between adverse events and diagnostic errors
Risk areas for diagnostic errors
Recommendations for preventing diagnostic errors
Definitions and glossary of terms in medication safety. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) as a reference for medication safety
Incidence of medication safety problems: evaluation methods
Measuring the risks of medication management in an organization: questionnaire
Safety in selection and acquisition
Prescription safety
Administration safety
Monitoring safety
Appropriate prescription compliance
Self-medication and its risks
Medication reconciliation
Patient education
Actions for prescribers
Actions for patients
Actions for pharmacists
Actions for nurses
Preventive recommendations from ISMP
Preventive recommendations from Joint Commission
Recommendations from the Quality Forum
Access to scientifically sound information
High-risk medication and alerts
Improving the therapeutic alliance between patient and professional
Experience of a medication safety program in a health center: applications
Introduction to HAIs
Standard precautions
Precautions based on the transmission mechanism of HAIs
Epidemiological surveillance and strategies and plans for prevention and control of HAIs
Improvement strategies in reducing HAIs
Main terms related to patient safety in the field of perioperative medicine
Incidence and causes of safety problems in surgical patients
Unnecessary surgery
Measurement of structure, process, and outcome in the surgical area
Volume as a predictor of patient safety?
Standards and recommendations from the Ministry of Health,
Different checklists for safe surgery
Other strategies for improving surgical safety: WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery
Anesthesia safety
Main dangers in the operating room and how to prevent them for the safety of patients and professionals
Productivity and efficiency of the surgical area as a driver of quality and patient safety
Improving surgical patient safety: main barriers and driving strategies that can accelerate progress
Basic concepts, definition, and participation models
Patients' willingness to participate in their safety
Professionals' willingness to encourage participation and applied approaches
Methods, roles, and areas of participation: Patient surveys on patient safety
Collective experiences of participation
Effectiveness and benefits of patient participation
Understanding the concept of the second victim.
Strategy to improve care for second victims.
Optimizing training to support victims.
Elements to consider in safety improvement
Safety management in a center
Safety management at the microsystem level
Collaborative project strategies for improving safety in specific areas