Episode 53: "Do you know the difference between Patient Safety and Lab Safety?

<p>In this episode of eLABorate Topics podcast, Lona Gordon Small, MBA, PMP, CPBPM, MT (ASCP) discussed the topic of Patient Safety and clarified the difference between lab safety and Patient Safety.</p><p>She discussed the Comprehensive Unit Safety Program (CUSP) introduced in the lab, the Science of Safety and steps you could use to introduce Patient Safety in the lab.</p><p>The steps discussed</p><ul> <li>Create a Patient Safety culture</li> <li>Have a format to report patient safety events</li> <li>Investigate the root cause of patient safety event</li> <li>Learn From patient safety events</li> <li>Make changes to remove risk</li> <li>Ensure the changes are sustained<p></p> </li> </ul><p>Listen to the full episode for details in trying to create a patient safety culture in your lab team.</p><p>You tube video on Patient Safety</p><p>https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/04a-science-safety/index.html</p><p><br>To reach Lona Small and learn more about this and other similar topics email her at lonasmall@lonasmall.com</p><p>On LinkedIn Lona Gordon Small</p><p><br>Listen to this episode and other episode on directimpactbroadcasting.com and your favorite podcast platform.</p><p><br>Reach out to us at eLABoratetopics@directimpactbroadcasting.com to suggest topics you would like us to discuss or if you would like to be a guest on this podcast.</p>