you are creating a handout/brochure for your co-workers about the National Patient Safety Goals by The Joint Commission. Choose the goals that closely resemble your workplace knowing that not all work

2015 Ambulatory Care National Patient Safety Goals The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them. This is an easy-to-read document. It has been created for the public. The exact language of the goals can be found at www.jointcommission.org. Use at least two ways to identify patients. For example, use the patient\ ’s name and date of birth. This is done to make sure that each patient gets the correct medi\ cine and treatment.

Make sure that the correct patient gets the correct blood when they get a blood transfusion.

Before a procedure, label medicines that are not labeled. For example, m\ edicines in syringes, cups and basins. Do this in the area where medicines and supplies are set up.

Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood.

Record and pass along correct information about a patient’s medicines\ . Find out what medicines the patient is taking. Compare those medicines to new medicines given to the patient. Make sure the patient knows which medicines to take when they are at home. Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they visit a doctor. Identify patients correctly NPSG.01.01.01 NPSG.01.03.01 Use medicines safely NPSG.03.04.01 NPSG.03.05.01 NPSG.03.06.01 Prevent infection NPSG.07.01.01 NPSG.07.05.01 Prevent mistakes in surgery UP.01.01.01 UP.01.02.01 UP.01.03.01 Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization. Set goals for improving hand cleaning. Use the goals to improve hand cleaning.

Use proven guidelines to prevent infection after surgery.

Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the correct patient and at the correct pl\ ace on the patient’s body.

Mark the correct place on the patient’s body where the surgery is to \ be done.

Pause before the surgery to make sure that a mistake is not being made.