Adopting Best practices is part of The Saudi Patient Safety Center (SPSC) mission, it's a set of medical interventions and procedures based on the latest evidence, which was established and approved by high-quality international and national scientific research bodies. SPSC's aim is to improve and promote the highest quality provided in all health sectors, which will eliminate preventable harm and enhance the concept of safer health care.
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Hand-Off Communication
Healthcare providers always make great attentiveness to meet patient needs and provide the best possible care. Unfortunately, too often, these efforts falter when the patient is handed off, or transferred, to another healthcare provider. As, ineffective hand-off communications are one of the top primary contributing factors of sentinel events, it must be addressed appropriately to standardize the process of communication between the sender of the information and the receiver.
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Pressure Injury/Ulcer
Pressure injury/ulcer is one of the most significant issues facing healthcare system nowadays. All patients are potentially at risk, it’s more likely to occur in long‐term care facilities and inpatient hospitals. Patients who are critically ill, have a neurological impairment or deformity, impaired mobility, impaired nutrition are at a higher risk of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. Implementation of best practice recommendations can reduce its occurrence and achieve better patient outcomes, it includes methods for identification, risk assessment and the preventive measures.
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Medication errors
Medication error is a defect in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, morbidity and mortality. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as: “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer “. It is a widespread issue challenging the healthcare system, despite all the efforts to prevent it. The best method to avoid medication error and enhance patient safety is to develop and implement a multi-faceted strategy, based on the available best practices.
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