Transcript What is the Patient Safety Communication System? It is a system

Patient Safety
Communication System
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What is the Patient Safety
Communication System?
It is a system used by all employees to
communicate and manage information
around safety events that occur
throughout the health system.
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How do we access the system?
From EPIC:
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How do we access the system?
From loyola.wired:
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How do we access the system?
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How do we access the system?
Use your Portal ID and password to enter the system
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Who do we communicate about?
1. Patients and visitors
2. Inpatients and Outpatients
3. Safety situations not specifically
related to a person
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What kind of events do we
communicate?
Airway Management
Line/Vascular Access Device
Blood/Blood Product
Maternal/Childbirth
Care/Service Coordination
Medication/Fluid Event
Documentation
Restraint/Supportive Devices
Diagnosis/Treatment
Safety/Security/Conduct
Diagnostic Test
Skin/Tissue
Environment
Surgery/Procedure
Fall
Surgical Site Infection
Infection Control
Tube/Drain
Lab Specimen/Test
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What kind of events do we
communicate?
Events occurring
anywhere in the
health system
Actual Events
AND
Near Misses
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