scholarly journals Safer Care: Shaping the Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Liam Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Priority Setting ◽  
World Health ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Action ◽  
The Face ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractFundamental characteristics of healthcare, including approaches to priority-setting, culture, traditions of professional practice, leadership styles, and accountability mechanisms mean that many deep-seated causes of unsafe care have proved intractable to transformation. The wisdom and experience of patients and families that have suffered harm is enormous and should be better harnessed. The World Health Organization has led a diverse range of global action on patient safety over two decades. This has been highly successful in promoting interest, understanding, and commitment as well as driving specific programmes of action throughout the world. The organisation has also played a powerful convening role in bringing experts, organisations, and countries together to discuss and plan initiatives. This focus must be maintained in the face of slow and inconsistent improvement.

scholarly journals Poliovirus-nonsusceptible Vero cell line for the World Health Organization global action plan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Okemoto-Nakamura ◽  
Kenji Someya ◽  
Toshiyuki Yamaji ◽  
Kyoko Saito ◽  
Makoto Takeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vero Cell ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
World Health ◽  
Emerging Viruses ◽  
Polio Vaccination ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Action ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Global Action Plan

AbstractPolio or poliomyelitis is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by poliovirus (PV). As a consequence of global polio vaccination efforts, wild PV serotype 2 has been eradicated, and wild PV serotypes 1- and 3-transmitted cases have been largely eliminated except for in limited regions around the world. However, vaccine-derived PV, pathogenically reverted live PV vaccine strains in vaccinated humans, has become a serious issue. For the global eradication of polio, the World Health Organization is conducting the third edition of the Global Action Plan, which is requesting stringent control of potentially PV-infected materials. To facilitate the mission, we generated a PV-nonsusceptible Vero cell subline, which may serve as an ideal replacement of standard Vero cells to isolate emerging/re-emerging viruses without the risk of generating PV-infected materials.

scholarly journals Field Test of the World Health Organization Multi-Professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e0138510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Farley ◽  
Hao Zheng ◽  
Eirini Rousi ◽  
Agnès Leotsakos
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Field Test ◽  
World Health ◽  
Curriculum Guide ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals The International Criminal Court during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirad Abtahi
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
World Health ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken a series of measures to ensure the continuation of its activities. To this effect, the Court has adjusted its proper administration both in Headquarters and Country Offices by moving to (partial) virtual offices mode. In so doing, the ICC has striven to ensure that staff well-being and business continuity go hand in hand. On this basis, the Court has worked towards the execution of its mandate, i.e. the prosecution and trial of individuals alleged to have committed one or more of the ICC Statute crimes. Against this background, the Court has had recourse to a combination of technological and sanitary measures in order to conduct pre-trial, trial and appeals proceedings in a fair and expeditious manner. These proceedings have ranged from the execution of arrest warrants and transfer of suspects to the Court’s custody through to the holding of hearings in the courtroom. By adapting itself to the evolving nature of COVID-19 — and reactions to the virus — the ICC will ensure that it remains resilient in the face of this unprecedented global sanitary crisis.

scholarly journals Development of mobile application for safe surgery checklist

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Rafael Henrique Silva ◽  
Marcia Aparecida Nuevo Gatti ◽  
Sara Nader Marta ◽  
Nirave Reigota Caram ◽  
Solange de Oliveira Braga Franzolin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
World Health ◽  
Patient Identification ◽  
Safe Surgery ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Control

Communication and information technologies are increasingly influencing health actions, as well as patient safety. Thus, this study aimed to develop an application for conference and control of all stages of the Safe Surgery checklist suggested by the World Health Organization improving the safety of patients submitted to surgery. The problem of research lies precisely in the absence of mobile applications capable of meeting the need for patient safety. This study is applied in the technological development of an application with the possibility of deployment in any health service and easy installation on mobile devices. The app was built based on the Safe Surgery checklist established by the World Health Organization. The application allows patient identification through three identifiers. Later it contemplates all the items of the three stages of the checklist of safe surgery: Before anesthetic induction, Before the Surgical Incision and Before the Patient Leaves the Room. At the end of all the steps of the application, it calculates the risk to patient safety. The application developed is a tool that can be implemented in health institutions and used by professionals working in the operating room.

scholarly journals Adverse Events Capture Systems, Checklists and Teamwork as Relevant Tools to Reduce Complications and Increase Patients’ Safety in Spinal Surgery

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Barbanti Brodano ◽  
Cristiana Griffoni ◽  
Alessandro Ricci ◽  
Sandra Giannone ◽  
Daniela Francesca Ghisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Spinal Surgery ◽  
World Health ◽  
Surgical Safety Checklist ◽  
Surgical Safety ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Adverse events in Hospitals are often related to surgery and they represent a relevant problem in healthcare. Different approaches have been introduced during the last decade to address the problem of patient safety, especially in the surgical environment. The teamwork is crucial in all these actions which aim to decrease adverse events and improve clinical outcomes. We analyze in particular the use of adverse events capture systems in spinal surgery and the use of checklist systems, starting from the Surgical Safety Checklist introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2008.

scholarly journals Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis of integrating the World Health Organization patient safety curriculum into undergraduate medical education in Pakistan: a qualitative case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samreen Misbah ◽  
Usman Mahboob
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of integrating the World Health Organization (WHO) patient safety curriculum into undergraduate medical education in Pakistan. Methods: A qualitative interpretive case study was conducted at Riphah International University, Islamabad, from October 2016 to June 2017. The study included 9 faculty members and 1 expert on patient safety. The interviews were audiotaped, and a thematic analysis of the transcripts was performed using NVivo software. Results: Four themes were derived based on the need analysis model. The sub-themes derived from the collected data were arranged under the themes of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, in accordance with the principles of SWOT analysis. The strengths identified were the need for a formal patient safety curriculum and its early integration into the undergraduate program. The weaknesses were faculty awareness and participation in development programs. The opportunities were an ongoing effort to develop an appropriate curriculum, to improve the current culture of healthcare, and to use the WHO curricular resource guide. The threats were attitudes towards patient safety in Pakistani culture, resistance to implementation from different levels, and the role of regulatory authorities. Conclusion: The theme of patient safety needs to be incorporated early into the formal medical education curriculum, with the main goals of striving to do no harm and seeing mistakes as opportunities to learn. Faculty development activities need to be organized, and faculty members should to be encouraged to participate in them. The lack of a patient safety culture was identified as the primary reason for resistance to this initiative at many levels. The WHO curriculum, amended according to local institutional culture, can be implemented appropriately with support from the corresponding regulatory bodies.

Is patient safety in the NHS in England a postcode lottery?

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
John Tingle
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Law School ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Care Quality Commission ◽  
Recent Patient ◽  
Health Organization

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent patient safety publications from the World Health Organization and the Care Quality Commission

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