This week, Cooper recognizes Patient Safety Awareness Week. While patient safety is a top priority every day, this week we take extra time to thank the caregivers who keep our patients safe, remember patients and caregivers who have experienced harm, and rededicate ourselves to reducing harm.
According to the Bates harm estimate, which can found in the article The Safety of Inpatient Health Care (New England Journal of Medicine, January 2023), 2.6 million hospital patients are harmed every year in the United States. Of those patients, 340,000 are seriously harmed. That represents one serious preventable harm every 1.5 minutes. This is why it is so important to consistently apply the principles of safety science and our high reliability organizing skills every day.
During Patient Safety Week at Cooper:
- Check out our virtual Room of Errors on Pulse+ for a chance to win a prize.
- The Patient Safety team will be conducting patient safety rounds throughout the week on your units – and they come bearing gifts in the form of sweet treats.
- Join free webinars and earn continuing education (CE) credits. The links are below:
- Free Webinar: Partnering with Patients to Improve Diagnostic Safety on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CE credits are available.
- Some lucky team members will earn a chance to compete in our “March Madness Hand Hygiene” competition. Check out Pulse+ for more details.
- Answer our daily crossword puzzle clue on Pulse+ for your chance to win a prize! The image of the crossword and the clue will be posted to the Pulse+ app where you can enter your response for the day.