Patient Safety :: Hospiad

• While Hippocrates, the “father of medicine”, lived in the early 5th century B.C., the famous oath that bears his name emerged a century later. No one knows who first penned it. This oath ethically binds all the practitioners of modern medicine.
• One component of this oath is “I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice”
• The discipline of patient safety is the coordinated efforts to prevent harm to patients, during the process of health care itself.
• It is generally agreed upon that the meaning of patient safety is…“Please do no harm”
• Improving Patient Safety means, reducing patient harm.
• Though the concept of doing no harm to the patient was embedded in the Hippocratic Oath
• it self , no much concern was shown by the hospitals, though Hospitals were founded to give care to those who need it and to keep patients safe is their moral duty .
• The first effective initiative in this regard was started by World Health Alliance (WHA) in Jan 2002
• In May 2002 – resolution adopted by 55th World Health Assembly
• In May 2004 – WHA support establishing World Alliance for Patient Safety
• The principles of patient safety were adopted from the air safety of Aviation industries.
• Further with the leadership of WHO, the Patient safety concern became a major issue by all nations
• And various safety measures are initiated by hospitals to reduce harm to the patient by implementing the WHO guidelines.

In the presentation, a summary of initiatives to be taken by hospitals in different areas for patient safety have been described for the knowledge, practices and implementation of patient safety initiative by hospital managers/Administrators.

Hospital Security System :: HOSPIAD

Security is one of the main issues in any big organisation including Hospital.

Security in a hospital is most important because of:-

1. Hospital is a people intensive place.
2. Provide services to stick people round the clock.
3. Any  body has an access to any part of the hospital any time for advise and treatment.
4. The hospital atmosphere is always filled with emotions, excitements care and happiness, death and sorrow.
5. The hospital staff operates in a tense atmosphere resulting in irritation, conformation, conflicts and aggression, threatening life of hospital staff.
6. Hospital uses very costly equipments, fixtures and machines whose safety is essential. 
7. Not only hospital but also safety of patients, attendants and their property is the moral duty of the hospital.

The organisation may have its own security personnel or can be hired from a recognized security agency.The number of security personnel to be deployed depend  on the size of the hospital and its lay out plan.

Deployment of security personnel only does not complete the security system unless they are provided with security gazettes like metal detectors, torch and baton and uniform.

With the advance of technology the organizations are moving towards close circuit TV and cameras in which security can be monitored and recorded 24x7 which can be reviewed latter if be needed.

The present presentation deals with the planning and organisation of security system in a hospital.