Today, Thursday 17 September 2020 is World Patient Safety Day. This day was established in May 2019 by the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHO).
The overall objectives of World Patient Safety Day are to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care and promote global actions to enhance patient safety, and reduce patient harm.
The origin of the Day is firmly grounded in the fundamental principle of medicine – First, do no harm.
Here at TFS Healthcare, patient safety is of the highest priority. We hope you will get involved on World Patient Safety Day which encourages you to:
- Take care of your physical and psychological health
- Protect your safety and that of the people you care for
- Ensure you are trained and aware of infection prevention and control and implement appropriate measures
- Proactively contribute to building and strengthening a safety culture at work
- Improve your knowledge, skills, and competencies for safety in health care
- Know your rights and responsibilities and call for a safe work environment
- Always report safety risks, violence, harassment, or threats to the authorities
- Promote and implement innovative safety practices within your organisation.
The COVID-19 pandemic is presently among the biggest challenges and threats to face us, and health care is living its greatest crisis in patient safety ever!
The pandemic has exerted unprecedented pressure on our health systems, which can only function with you, our health workers.
Please ensure that you do all you can to ensure you and your patients stay safe.