The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has sponsored Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) since 2002 as a means of making caregivers, other hospital staff, and community members more aware of patient safety issues.
This year, the event is being observed from March 7 to 13, and facilities across the country are using the opportunity to educate and involve their staff and patients. This year's PSAW theme is Let's Talk: Healthy Conversations for Safer Healthcare. Members of the NPSF's Stand Up for Patient Safety program received a host of materials from the NPSF to help them coordinate the week in conjunction with the theme.
The NPSF used its well-known "Ask Me Three" template that urges patients to use the following three questions when receiving care:
- What is my main problem?
- What do I need to do?
- Why is it important for me to do this?
[ via Healthcare Training Weekly ]
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