Patient safety
The WHO Patient Safety flagship initiative cuts across different areas of work within the Organization, focusing on linkages between patient safety and health care safety components across the different health systems elements, and linkages with disease-specific and clinical programmes which have a direct impact on patient safety and health outcomes at the point of care.
World Patient Safety Day
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17 September 2022
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Featured publication | 3 August 2021
Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030
The Global Patient Safety Action Plan provides a framework for countries to develop their respective national action plans on patient safety, as well to align existing strategic instruments for improving patient safety in all clinical and health-related...
World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) is an official World Health Organization (WHO) global public health day. It brings together patients, families, caregivers,...
The pandemic has emphasized the high risk of avoidable harm to patients, health workers, and the general public, and has identified a range of safety gaps...
17 September 2021
World patient safety day goals 2021-2022: safe maternal and newborn care
World Patient Safety Day is observed on 17 September each year with the objectives of increasing public awareness and engagement, enhancing global understanding,...
17 September 2020
Charter: health worker safety: a priority for patient safety
This Charter is presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2020, which is dedicated to...
16 September 2020
Patient safety incident reporting and learning systems: technical report and guidance
This document is to urge the readers to understand the purpose, strengths and limitations of patient safety incident reporting. Data derived from incident...
The Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (2011) was developed to assist in the teaching of patient safety in universities and schools in...
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