International Patient Safety Goals

GOALS
GOALS

Identify
Patients
Correctly

Improve
Effective
Communication

Improve the
Safety of
High-Alert
High
High-Alert
Medications

(by Joint Commission International JCI)

Ensure Correct-Site,
Correct
Correct-Site,
Correct-Procedure,
Correct
Correct-Procedure,
Correct-Patient
Correct
Correct-Patient
Surgery

Reduce the Risk

of Health CareCareAssociated
Infections

Reduce the Risk

of Patient Harm
Resulting from
Falls

Requirement

AUBMC

The organization
develops an approach to
improve accuracy of
patient identification

The organization develops

an approach to improve
the effectiveness of
communication among
caregivers

The organization develops

an approach to improve
the safety of highhigh-alert
medications

The organization develops an

approach to ensuring
correctcorrect-site, correctcorrectprocedure, and correctcorrectpatient surgery

The organization develops

an approach to reduce the
risk of health carecareassociated infections

The organization develops

an approach to reduce the
risk of patient harm
resulting from falls

Patient Identification
2nd edition (COP(COP-MULMUL009)

Physician
Physicians Orders 2nd
edition (COP(COP-MULMUL-011)
Critical Test Results 2nd
edition (COP(COP-MULMUL-018)

Use of Intravenous Potassium

Solutions (PHA(PHA-0707-014)
Magnesium Sulfate in
Obstetrics (PHA(PHA-0707-022)
Hypertonic Sodium Chloride
(PHA(PHA-0707-023)

PrePre-operative / PrePre-procedure
Verification (COP(COP-MULMUL-003)

Hand Hygiene (PCI(PCI-006)

Transmission Based
Precautions (PCI(PCI-007)

Patient Fall Assessment

and Management (NSG(NSGQPSQPS-003)

We, at AUBMC, continue to meet these goals