ActivitiesEvent 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"  From medication errors to medication safety1st international conference on medication errors was held September 30th 2009, Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen.
Design competion 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. 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. Patient Handbook - a patient's guide to a safer hospital stayIn cooperation with TrygFonden the Danish Society for Patient Safety has delevoped and published a handbook for patients. English translation of the Patient Handbook (pdf 6,5 MB) 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 |  | Operation LifeA national patient safety campaign launched by the Danish Society for Patient Safety. Read more about Operation Life Tools and MethodsGet an overview of tools and methods for discussing and training patient safety developed by the Danish Society for Patient Safety. Overview of Danish tools and methods 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 Patient Safety in Denmark - Past, current and future activitiesThe Danish Society for Patient Safety has produced a English publication on the work with patient safety in Denmark. The publication describes the learning oriented reporting system for adverse events, the work carried out at regional and national level and the background of the development of the reporting system. Download the publication Patient Safety in Denmark Examples of adverse eventsThe following two cases are inspired by real adverse events. The events are analyzed by using the Root Cause Analysis Method. Communication issues and lack of time sense (pdf-file) |