Activities
Safer Patient - Sikker PatientSikker Patient - Safer Patient - is patient safety projects run by the Danish Society for Patient Safety and TrygFonden. Safer Patient consists of two initiatives: European collaborationPaSQ From 2012 to 2014 Denmark is part of the european patient safety project European Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Heath Care (PaSQ). Linneaus The Danish Society for Patient Safety has the lead of Work Package 8 about "patient involvement" in the LINNEAUS Euro-PC collaboration (Learning from InterNational Networks About Errors And Understanding Safety in Primary Care). Recently a review of the literature was published: Patient involvement in Patient Safety: A literature review about European primary care Patient Safety ChampionsIn cooperation with WHO Global Alliance for Patient Safety, the Danish Society for Patient Safety established a corps of 15 Patient Safety Champions in April 2007. The Patient Safety Champions are patients - or close relatives to patients - that have experienced an adverse event in the health care system. Their common interest is to help prevent it from happening to others and to promote the cooperation between patients and the health care system. English translation of the Patient Safety Champions recommendations The Patient Safety Champions values. Ten Tips for PatientsA working group set up by the Danish Society for Patient Safety has developed ten tips for patients on how they can contribute to their own safety in connection with the care and treatment they receive. English translation of the Ten tips for Patients Ten tips for Patients in 11 different languages Event Analysis- a patient safety tool for primary care Danish Society for Patient Safety has adapted the Significant Event Analysis (SEA) method from the UK to suit Danish conditions. The Society has tested this method in various set-ups and found it useful in general practice, nursing homes, home care and events occurring in transitions between different health care sectors. The experiences gained are incorporated into this guide - "Event Analysis Methodology". The "Place mat" gives an overview of the headlines in the guide. It can be used as a practical tool and agenda for the analysis meeting. It is recommended to print the "Place mat" in A3 size to suit this purpose. Event Analysis in overview - the "Place Mat" Design competition about medication labelsIn 2007 The Danish Patient Safety Association launched a competition, about designing a new label for drugs used in hospital dispensaries. Patient safety and hospital designThe future process of hospital design in Denmark must be driven by a multitude of requirements and expectations from both patients and health care professionals. Patient safety and hospital design in Denmark Say sorryA working group set up by the Danish Society for Patient Safety has made a booklet containing a proposal on how to apologise to patients when a serious adverse event happens. English translation of the booklet. Root Cause Analysis Tool KitEnglish translation of the tool kit on Root Cause Analysis developed by the Danish Society for Patient safety. Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Examples of adverse eventsThe following two cases are inspired by real adverse events. The events are analyzed by using the Root Cause Analysis Method. |  | The Danish Safer Hospital Programme is designed to prevent inadvertent errors, injuries and deaths. The aims are to achieve 15 % reduction in mortality and 30 % reduction in harm, by ie. reducing the number of cardiac arrests, eliminating hospital infections, reducing pressure ulcers and preventing medication errors.  The Patient Involvement Programme is about involving the patients and their relatives in order to make a safer environment for care. The programme is run in collaboration between The Danish Society for Patient Safety and TrygFonden to the end of 2013. Taking it to the streets. In December 2011 40,000 t-shirts with advises for patient relatives were handed out at the main railroadstation in Copenhagen and three other public places in the country. Patient Handbook - a patient's guide to a safer hospital stay. The book is developed and published by TrygFonden and The Danish Society for Patient Safety. The book is translates to English. |
