Sep 16, 2016 | Featured Posts, Interior Health (IH), Pressure Ulcers
Pressure ulcers are a common medical problem that negatively impact patients’ lives, causing pain, scarring, and possibly death. In this third article of our Let’s take the pressure off! series, we’re pleased to highlight the Skin and Wound Care Practices team from...
Aug 24, 2016 | Central Office, Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts
Carl Macrae is a senior research fellow with the University of Oxford and a respected advisor on patient safety to the National Health Service (NHS) and other healthcare organizations around the world. He has devoted much of his career to improving safety and...
Aug 5, 2016 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Pediatrics
Parents of a sick child in the Emergency Department (ED) feel a sense of relief when the healthcare team steps in, but it can also be a critical moment in terms of safety. The complexity of patient handovers – when a patient is transferred from one care setting to...
Jul 25, 2016 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Mental Health
As part of an overall strategy to promote personal and environmental safety for patients admitted to psychiatric settings in Fraser Health, best practice guidelines and a regional policy for levels of observation are in place across Fraser Health Mental Health and...
Jun 29, 2016 | Featured Posts, Interior Health (IH), Medication Safety
Multi-agency and multidisciplinary problem solving: An increasingly common scenario in healthcare. During an emergency C-section, under time constraint, the anesthetist intended to give the patient succinylcholine, however the drug given was actually cisatracurium....
Jun 15, 2016 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Radiation Safety
The Provincial Radiation Therapy Program and BC PSLS Central Office are working together to enhance reporting and learning from radiation treatment events in BC PSLS. This provincial project builds on a national initiative led by the Canadian Partnership for Quality...
