GP.39 Patient safety activities in Niguarda Hospital, Milan

Patient Safety (Italy)

Key elements of the patient safety programme, are:

(a). Unique therapy sheet to avoid transcription drug errors;

(b) Electronic incident reporting on drug near misses;

(c) Clinical pathways for community acquired pneumonia;

(d) Clinical risk management project in Haematology Unit;

(e) Operating room check list; and
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(f). Guidelines and therapeutic pathways for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery patients and antithrombotic prophylaxis in patients at risk for pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis.


See above for more details in English - Appendix 1, Example 12.


For further information, contact:

• Anna Levati
  Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department
  Niguarda Hospital, Milan
  email: lev_anna2002@yahoo.it