ActivitiesFrom medication errors to medication safety1st international conference on medication errors, September 30th 2009, Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen. Find more information  Patient safety and hospital designThe future process for hospital design in Denmark must be driven by a multitude of requirements and expectations from both patients and health care professionals. In a collaborative effort with TrygFonden, the Danish Society for Patient Safety launched the project ‘Facilitydesign and patient safety’ on 1 January 2008. The purpose of the project is to identify the ways in which well-considered architecture and design may contribute to preventing the occurrence of adverse events. This leaflet gives a couple of examples of incidents, and asks some fundamental questions that are relevant in connection with the hospital design process. 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 apologize 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 that it happens to others and to promote the cooperation between patients and the health care system. The Patient Safety Champions have developed a set of recommendations to health care professionals on how to respond, when a patient has been harmed. 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. |  | 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 to 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 using the Root Cause Analysis Method. Communication issues and lack of time sense (pdf-file) |