Safety Checklist in Healthcare Improve Patient Safety

Running head: INQUIRY INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE (NURSING)
INQUIRY INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE (NURSING)
PART 1: CRITICAL DEBATE
SAFETY CHECKLIST IN HEALTHCARE IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY
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1INQUIRY INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE (NURSING)
According to the World Health Organization during the care process in health care
organization it is important to prevent and reduce unnecessary harm to the patient in order to
ensure patient safety (who,int, 2018). However, it has been argued that at every point of care
process a certain degree of unsafety is associated with the care process. Number of studies and
research have identified significant cases of unnecessary harm due to the lack of proper
interventions related to patient safety. Such lack of patient safety could lead to permanent injury,
increase the time period of stay in the hospital, as well as death in some severe cases. Thus,
effective care policies, interventions and proper steps have been taken by the health care
organizations in the recent year in order to reduce the risk of unnecessary harm due to lack of
patient safety (Olds et al., 2017, p. 155-161). Using safety checklist has been considered as the
one of the most effective step in improving patient safety. In order to improve the quality of care
and patient safety most of the health professionals are preferring to utilize safety checklist to
reduce the patient harm and eradicate the medical errors in an effective manner (Thomassen et
al., 2014, p. 5-18). In the year 2010, the Health Leaders Media Industry Survey has indicated that
88.8% of health professionals prefer to use safety checklist in order to prevent errors (Borchard
et al., 2012, p. 925-933).
Research has reported many benefits of using safety check lists in the health care
organization in order to order to improve patient safety in an effective manner. The safety
checklist helps to promote the improvement and increase the patient safety. Introducing a
formalized process for using safety checklist reduces the number of errors caused due to lack of
information, miscommunication and inconsistent process (Russ et al., 2013, p. 856-871). Using a
safety checklist helps to improve the process of patient transfer and discharge process in
hospitals. Beside the improvement in the service, safety checklist helps to create self-confidence