Herikurniawan

Respirology and Critical Illness Division, Internal Medicine Department

Faculty of Medicine Indonesia University, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

 ABSTRACT

Patient safety is an effort conducted to prevent and overcome unexpected problems occurring in   the hospital. Patient safety in health care organization is the most important goal that needs to        be achieved and monitored in regular basis. The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) are important guidelines at the international level to promote specific improvements in the process of providing safe and high quality patient care. The patient safety standard which is stated in IPSG is consist of 6 elements: (1) patient identification correctly; (2) increasing communication effectively;

(3) increasing the safety of the high-alert medication; (4) certainty of accurate location, procedure accuracy, and patient-surgery accuracy; (5) reducing the risk of infection related to health service, and (6) reducing the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.

Keywords patient safety, international patient safety goals, patient safety standard