Purpose

The purpose of the Commission's IPS Agency Plan is to:

The Commission commenced a program of work in 2008 with the goal of improving the recognition of, and response to, acute deterioration in hospitals and other acute care facilities.

Standard and transmission-based precautions

Hospital mortality indicators (i.e. indicators about trends of death) are crucial elements of a hospital patient safety monitoring program.

Medicine lists at transitions of care

When a patient’s care is transferred to another clinician, a current and accurate list of medicines, including reasons for change, is given to that clinician. Some transition points are more prone to error and require special attention, such as:

Warning

Risks to patients

Evidence suggests that  patient safety risks are associated with the use of patient identification bands. These risks include:

History

Use of labels

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