Aug 20, 2019 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Patient Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
By guest blogger Brendan Gribbons, Regional Engineering Team Manager, Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) Over-infusions Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) recently investigated a concerning incidence of...
May 2, 2019 | Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC), Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Ah, change. We #lovehate it, don’t we? It can be refreshing, energizing, and full of promise. It can also be stressful, challenging, and uncertain. And no one knows this better than the many dedicated staff who have been involved with implementing Clinical &...
Mar 7, 2019 | BCPSLS Coordinators, Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
“Learning depends critically on the less visible social processes of inquiry, investigation and improvement that unfold around incidents.” Would you agree? Carl Macrae presented the above viewpoint in his British Medical Journal article titled The problem with...
Apr 27, 2016 | Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Safe use of Insulin in hospital settings relies on best labelling practices. When a team from Richmond Hospital identified a problem with inconsistent labelling of Insulin, they collaborated with their Pharmacy and Medication Safety Committee to implement a new...
Mar 23, 2016 | Featured Posts, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) held its first contest to raise awareness among staff about the critical role of sharing lessons learned from patient safety events, near misses and hazards reported in SLS (VCH’s version of BC PSLS). “The Most Helpful...
Jan 26, 2016 | Featured Posts, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
In BC, the provincial protocol for babies born in hospital is to receive follow-up by a public health nurse within 24 to 48 hours of arriving home. Liaison Forms are a summary of the pre-natal care, birth, and current status of mom and baby, that are filled out by...
