I never really new that this campaign, Safer Health Care Now, existed before even though as a nurse I have used the interventions that are part of this campaign.
This campaign was started in April 2005 as a result of a similar campaign that was started in the States. The goal of the campaign was to reduce the number of patient injuries and deaths that were a result of adverse events. It is composed of participants such as hospitals and partnerships such as health care organizations who support the campaign. The campaign is composed of six interventions to improve patient safety including, AMI, CLI, Med rec, RRT, SSI, and VAP.
The part of this campaign that I personally find fascinating and very useful is the RRT (Rapis Response Team). This team is available to health care professionals on the unit as a valuable resource and tool. When a nurse feels that a patient is taken a turn for the worse they contact the RRT who then come and assess the patient and decide what needs to be done next. Having this kind of team available to the nurses help to save lives.
I encourage you to take some time and look up the website and read about this awesome campaign. It is really very fascinating!
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I think this is a very good post for one very good reason -- it proves that all good things do indeed come from the good old USA. Thus it has been spoken, amen and amen. :)
it is time for a new post, slacker sister :)
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