Aprendendo com a sabedoria da linha de frente do cuidado

Abstract

prescription, use and management of medicines. Patient Safety as a public health policy is assumed by The Ministry of Health 14 years after the publication of "To err is human: Building a Safer Health System" and 9 years after the World Health Organization's launches the "World Alliance for Patient Safety". An adequate information on the occurrence of adverse events was not available in the country in 2013 and most health facilities did not have a professional healthcare management area or sufficient financial resources. On the other hand, in the same year the publication of the "Annals of Internal Medicine" recommends with scientific evidence, innumerable safe practices, evaluating ten years of its use, and presenting its effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of adverse events in health care. Health care facilities, especially hospitals, have faced the challenge of educating their teamwork for Science of Patient Safety since its launch, enabling a basic management structure to support the implementation of the protocols and to discuss how to do it instead of why to do it. How to implement safe practices in diverse contexts without, in most scenarios, professionals with expertise in improving care. The nursing that plays a key role in all stages of care delivery (planning, implementation and evaluation), is inextricably linked to the efforts on making health care safer and more effective in Brazilian healthcare institutions. Nowadays we celebrated ten years of the Brazilian Network for Nursing and Patient Safety creation and their multiple activities. The REBRAENSP through its National Coordination and numerous poles / nuclei was able to articulate and stimulate nursing action in favor of Patient Safety, producing materials, allowing benchmarking, and organizing meetings that have

Fast Tracks: Estratégia de enfrentamento da pandemia de COVID-19 em um hospital privado

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