What Does Safety Mean for Vascular Access

Course overview

This webinar is now available as an online course. Presenter: Nancy Moureau. This webinar deals with the issue of patient safety, what does it mean, what are some actual cases and how they can be avoided. In today's healthcare safety now has a cost associated with outcomes. This webinar deals with the issue of patient safety, what does it mean, what are some actual cases and how can they be avoided? Safety impacts everyone from the patient to family to healthcare providers to the hospital administration. In the USA safety is no longer optional but tied to reimbursement. Liability associated with patient injuries and outcomes carries a high cost to hospitals. Practices such as aseptic technique, hand hygiene, education and good communication between clinicians and staff all work together in the culture of safety. This presentation is designed to make us all think and consider what we do and why, how to do things better and to remember it is not about convenience, but needs to be patient focused safety.