¿ESTAMOS ABORDANDO EL PROBLEMA DE LA SEGURIDAD DEL PACIENTE EN LOS HOSPITALES DESDE LA PERSPECTIVA CORRECTA?

Abstract

Recent studies show high rates of patient safety adverse events in hospital care. The approach has been the creation of patient safety units, promotion of a safety culture, implementation of voluntary notification systems or the application of safe practices, among others. But an analysis of the root causes of adverse events shows a series of organizational factors existing in hospitals that contribute to unsafe work and human error: staff training, supervision of doctors in learning, team communication problems, work overload, nursing training, ratios and shifts, continued medical care, care for the medical conditions of surgical patients, failures in the emergency response, non-compliance with procedures or over-occupancy of hospital beds. It is necessary that healthcare managers change their approach to these factors to reduce the impact of patient safety problems.