What are the frequent safety Issues with regards to National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)? Please explain in detail.

 

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Information and data fetched from the National Patient Safety Foundation shows that there are six most frequent safety issues. The first one is the diagnostic errors. Diagnostic errors can be highly problematic in the healthcare industry due to the fact that it could progress a patient's illness, treating a patient for the wrong condition, or the negligence of the misdiagnosis could even result ot the patients being killed or dying.

The second of the most frequent safety issues is inpatient falling. This safety issue can be highly problematic due to the fact that fall-related injuries can include fractures, internal bleeding, and possibly death. Inpatient falls often brings about hefty lawsuits for healthcare organizations, as well. Many of these accidents could be avoided if staff members were properly trained in transporting patients safely as well as monitoring the movements of all patients, especially those with limited mobility.

Hospital-acquired infections. Sanitization and proper disease control is especially significant and of high value in healthcare settings due to the fact that patients might acquire an illness that they were not admitted for, which jeopardizes or tampers with their health further.

The fourth of the most frequent safety issues is readmissions within a given period. Research have shown that Medicaid patients are highly likely to be readmitted to a hospital within thirty days of discharge due to receiving poor quality care.

The fifth safety issues is medication errors. The safety issue is detrimental to patient safety due to the fact that they are not receiving accurate medical care to attack the problem at hand and/or they may be allergic to the medication that was prescribed for them.

wrong-site surgery. Owing to the fact that every surgery is a risk, Thus, if the patient has undergone the wrong surgery, they are vulnerable to unnecessary risks.