National Patient Safety Goals 2013

National Patient Safety Goals 2013 NPSG Standards Identify patients correctly: Use at least two ways to ID patients Make sure correct patient gets correct blood type when they get a blood transfusion Improve staff communication Quickly get important test results to the right person Use medications safely Label all medicines that are not already labeled (in syringes, cups and basins). Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood Record and pass along correct information about a patient’s medicines. Find out what medicines the patient is taking. Compare those medicines to new medicines given to the patient. Make sure the patient knows which medicines to take when they are at home. Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they visit a doctor. Prevent infection Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the CDC and Prevention or the WHO Use proven guidelines to prevent infections that are difficult to treat Use proven guidelines to prevent infection of the blood from central lines Use safe practices to treat the part of the body where surgery was done Use proven guidelines to prevent infections of the urinary tract that are caused by catheters. Check patient medicines Find out what medicines each patient is taking Give a list of the patient’s medicines to their next caregiver or to their regular doctor before the patient goes home Give a list of the patient’s medicines to the patient and their family before they go home. Explain the list. Some patients may get medicine in small amounts for a short time. Make sure that it is OK for those patients to take those medicines with their current medicines Identify patient safety risks Find out which patients are most likely to kill themselves www.jointcommission.org Retrieved 2/15/13.