[Safety management for the patient after cardiovascular surgery in the intensive care unit]

In safety management after cardiovascular surgery, the system responding to patients' life-threatening changes must be established. Just a trivial error or the delay of medical treatment will increase the risk of shortening patients' lives in the intensive care unit Ventilators and circulatory assist devices such as a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) and a defibrillator should be well-maintained to be ready to be used. The communication among the staff of various jobs is also important. The effort to reconfirm everything as much as possible is necessary, which will certainly reduce adverse drug events and malpractice of the medical equipment in critical situations. The causes of errors must be thoroughly analyzed for the prevention of recurrences of similar events.