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MESSAGE

BY THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING, MALAYSIA

Patient Safety is of high priority to all

professionals. Nursing personnel often being
the front line of defense in the healthcare
industry, providing major proportion of direct
patient care, are committed to quality and safe

care.

The Malaysian Patient Safety Goals (MPSGs) has become the benchmark
for the Nursing Division in its effort to improve the safety of healthcare
delivery by nurses. The Nursing Division Malaysia has shown its

commitment to patient safety with the integration of the 13 Patient
Safety Goals by the nurses in their provision of nursing care.

The fact that nursing practice is often a shared care, makes nurses
committed to all of the Patient Safety Goals. The Nursing Division has

been monitoring some of the goals by conducting periodic audits at the
healthcare facilities. The findings and report have been discussed in
several platforms followed by focus improvement to further upgrade

the services and also to overcome shortfall in quality. The standards set
also have been reviewed periodically. The nursing staff are trained

continuously in these fields to ensure competency in service delivery.
Nurses contribution toward the achievement of the Patient Safety
Goals cannot be ignored.
This guideline was develop to help nurses in knowing their roles and

responsibilities for each of the Patient Safety Goals. Each chapter
explains the necessary steps for nurses to adhere in ensuring safe

care and preventing patient safety incident.

I would like to thank all the nurses who are involve in producing this
guidelines and Dr. Nor ‘Aishah for editing this guideline.

TSelvin A/P Subramaniam
Director of Nursing, Malaysia, MOH

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