Patient Safety in Intensive Care Unit: What can We Do Better?
Sanika Jayant Patil1, Reshma Ambulkar2, Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni2
1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Patient safety is an important step in providing high-quality health care. Every intensive care unit (ICU) is unique and its needs would be different; it is thus necessary to build a safety culture based on local and cultural characteristics. Various measures such as regular training, the use of bundles of care, and a blame-free environment can promote patient safety in ICUs. These measures are simple to implement even in resource-limiting settings and can go a long way in improving patient outcomes in our country.
How To Cite This Article:
Patil SJ, Ambulkar R, Kulkarni AP. Patient Safety in Intensive Care Unit: What can We Do Better? Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(3):163-165.
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