Be Aware of Health Technology Hazards

PATIENT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT in health care. Various agencies provide guidance to providers on alerts for patient safety hazards in the health care arena. One of those groups is the ECRI Institute, whose mission is to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. The ECRI Institute makes recommendations based on patient safety events. To advise health care facilities, the ECRI Institute provided a top 10 list of 2019 health technology hazards that include important safety issues.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Patient Safety Source Type: research