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...
Jun 30, 2015 | Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
A “near miss” (good catch/close call) is an opportunity to learn from what happened and make improvements to quality of care and patient safety across our healthcare system. The following case highlights the value of near miss reporting in BC PSLS and the importance...
Jun 23, 2015 | Adult Abuse and Neglect, Featured Posts, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Every day, there’s a vulnerable adult living in BC who suffers from abuse, neglect or self-neglect. The Adult Guardianship Act (Act) was enacted in February 2000 – with recent updates and changes that came into force on December 1, 2014 – to give designated agencies...
Apr 23, 2015 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Pressure Ulcers, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Since the new Pressure Ulcer (PU) report form was launched across the province last February as part of the Let’s take the pressure off! campaign, we’re seeing evidence that awareness of this important patient safety issue is growing across BC. BC PSLS data shows a...
Nov 13, 2014 | Falls Prevention, Featured Posts, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Anyone working in healthcare knows that patient falls are a serious safety concern. Several studies in Canada have shown that patients who fall while in hospital experience functional decline, decreased mobility and premature admission to residential care homes....
