Dr. Abd Al-Ilah Al-Hawsawi, Director General of the Saudi Patient Safety Center, sponsored the activities of Patient Safety Day at 8 a.m. today, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Nabil Zamzami Hall, Bagedo Hospital, and Dr. Irfan General sponsored the Patient Safety Day activities, which were organized by Academic Affairs in cooperation with the hospital''s infection control department. Today''s activities began with any of the Holy Quran, then Dr. Adnan Abdullah Al-Mazrou, Director General of the Hospital, spoke a speech in which he said: A basic principle in health care and in whole life prevention is better than cure. So we try to prevent problems from occurring before they happen, and from this point of view came the concept of patient safety and the activation of this day came to reach the zero point by avoiding problems and complications for the patient. All health staff, doctors, nurses, technicians and all workers in the health facility must have the idea of caring for the patient so that no problems happen to him. Or complications by publishing a number of methods to investigate what the patient may be exposed to, to avoid it. One of those ways to make sure that the patient is giving the right disease is not to give the drug to the patient before doctors or nurses see it to make sure that this disease is correct and it is for this patient and not for others, to avoid human errors.
This symposium was held to familiarize the health staff at Bagedo Hospital, Dr. Irfan and all those attending the symposium from all health sectors in Jeddah governorate with these plans to reach the zero point in the problems or mistakes of the patient.
Then the scientific lectures began for the day, started by Dr. Abd al-Ilah Hawsawi, Director General of the Saudi Center for Patient Safety, a lecture (The future of health care in the Kingdom), and then the lecture of Professor Youssef Hijazin entitled (Communication System “Your Voice” in Patient Safety) from the Saudi Patient Safety Center in Riyadh.
This was followed by a lecture by Dr. Muhammad Halawani, the Saudi Patient Safety Center in Riyadh, a lecture (Teaching Patient Safety in the Curricula of University Health Colleges), followed by a lecture by Dr. Abeer Muhanna from the Saudi Patient Safety Center in Riyadh entitled (The Importance of Drug Review
Then Dr. Azza Khattab''s lecture from the employees of the Infection Control Department at Irfan Hospital was entitled (The sensitive examination of television rays and their impact on the safety of patients), and then Dr. Abeer Muhanna in a lecture (drug safety in community pharmacies).
Mrs. Anette Moore gave a lecture (The Role of Leadership in Patient Safety), then Dr. Fadwa Bawazir''s lecture was with a lecture (The Patient Safety Friendly Hospitals Program), then everyone went to lunch.
And scientific activities resumed with a lecture (developing reports to prove accidents) by Dr. Saba Al-Absi, Director of Academic Affairs and Quality at Irfan Hospital, then Dr. Abeer Al-Muhanna gave her second lecture on (drug safety in community pharmacies), after which Mrs. Anita Mall presented her second lecture entitled (Leadership and Patient Safety Rules) Then the lectures ended with an open discussion between the lecturers and the visitors. Then the lecturers were honored, according to the public relations specialist at the hospital, Professor Salmi Baqoud, for her part, Professor Siham Al-Somali, the coordinator of the academic affairs training department and the coordinator of the internal medicine program, added that the quality department, doctors, nurses, specialists, and all hospital employees benefit from this day.
