Each year, a new theme is selected as a priority patient safety topic to highlight its importance and call for urgent action to address the issue. This year (WHO urges all stakeholders to participate in the global campaign under the theme "Engaging patients for patient safety" through the slogan “Elevate the voice of patients!", in recognition of the crucial role patients, families, and caregivers play in the safety of health care.
Patient and family engagement was embedded in Resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety" and the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 as main strategies for moving towards eliminating avoidable harm in health care.
Based on the work and the Saudi Patient Safety Center Specialties, we are working to encourage all healthcare facilities to participate and activate the WPSD campaign 2022 with the slogan “Elevate the voice of patients!" to spread awareness and work together to make healthcare safer.
To view the theme and objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2023, please visit the following link: World Patient Safety Day 2023
Light up in orange to celebrate World Patient Safety Day:
Lighting up iconic monuments, landmarks, and public places in orange is the signature mark of World Patient Safety Day. The color orange symbolizes the central role patient safety plays in countries' efforts to achieve universal health coverage.
The Saudi Patient Safety Center works yearly in collaboration with governmental entities to light up iconic monuments, landmarks, and public places in orange at the national level, and encourages all healthcare facilities to light up their hospital buildings in orange is the signature mark of World Patient Safety Day.
To share photos of your facility Lighting up in orange, via the following e-mail: wpsd@spsc.gov.sa
Date
Topic
Duration
Speaker
4-9-2023
Interlinkages Between Patient Safety and Person-Centered Care
7:00 - 8:30 pm
- Mr. Sulaiman S Alsaif, MSc, PhD (c), RRT
- Dr. Wejdan Almunive
11-9-2023
Promoting Patient Safety Among Civil Societies
18-9-2023
7:00 - 8:00 pm
25-9-2023
The Pivot Moment: Advocacy in Action