National Patient Safety Week at AJ Hospital till 18 March
Mangaluru: We generally conduct safety week in all industries like how RTO and Traffic Police department conduct “Road Safety Week” for the benefit of public as well as the stakeholders. Wherever the quality gets prime importance there will be a big emphasis on the safety of the people involved. Air Travel is considered as the safest way as there are hundreds of quality and safety checks at various levels before the flight takes off and lands. Similarly, patient safety is a prime concern in quality healthcare organisations.
A.J. Hospital & Research Centre a quality conscious hospital where in patient safety at multiple levels are followed by the employees, which emphasises on prevention and reduction of any errors in the daily routine. This year’s National Safety message is “Keep each other safe”.
“PRATIRAKSHA” is an initiative by our hospital with an objective of involving key stakeholders including patients and their family in creating safety awareness in patient care. These measures are apart from the statutory requirements by the government and the accreditation bodies, it’s a voluntary effort from the employees of the hospital.
A.J. Hospital has a well-developed Safety program keeping in mind the patients and health care workers put together. This involves the facility management, hospital infection surveillance activities, strict Antibiotic usage policy and patient risk assessment policy.
This program also focuses on the involvement of hospital staff, medical students, public, patients and their bystanders to increase awareness on safety guidelines to be followed during their stay in the hospital as well as post-discharge.
As a reward for these quality initiations followed in our hospital we have been awarded various accolades:
2013 – NABH accreditation
2015 – International patient safety award in safe communication, Hospital infection control & health informatics
2015 – Patient friendly Hospital by Association of Health Care Providers India.
2016 – International patient safety award on Medication safety
2016 – Indian Merchant Council Ramakrishna Bajaj National quality commendation Certificate.
2016 – Quality beyond Accreditation by Association of Health Care Providers India
2017 – India Merchant Council Ramakrishna Bajaj National quality Performance excellence Trophy
2017 – Nursing Excellence award by NABH Quality council of India – “First hospital to get this award in undivided Dakshina Kannada and One among only 5 hospitals in Karnataka”.
2017 – NABL certification for the Clinical Laboratory.
2017 – Had the final accreditation inspection by NABH for Emergency Department and Blood Bank.
The awareness programme was inaugurated on 13th March with various programmes being held for a week from 13 to 18 March 2017, during which various events have been earmarked with talks by experts in their respective fields.