Page 8 - patient safety

COMMON MISTAKE

PATIENTS’ IDENTITY POOR HANDLING OF SPECIMENS
• Not using 2-identifiers to verify
• Labelling the bottle prior to blood taking
• Incomplete process of patient identification
• Wrong container
• Using bed number to identify patients
• Poor handling of sharps

POOR DOCUMENTATION NOT UNDERSTANDING THE

• Copy and paste CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR
ACTS
• No date and time
• No signature and stamp • GSH / GXM specimen taking process
• Use of non-standard abbreviations • Short-cuts in work processes
• Poor hand hygiene habits
PRESCRIBING ERROR
• Not referring to CPG
• Incorrect dose or frequency
• Illegible handwriting INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
• Use of trade name • Not listening attentively during rounds
• No duration of prescription • Learning from wrong traditions
• No frequency of use