Dec 16, 2016 | Central Office, Featured Posts
To our colleagues, partners and patient safety leaders across BC, we wish you and yours the very best over the holiday season and in the New Year. Share your patient safety story in 2017! Contact your BCPSLS Coordinator to find out how: Fraser Health –...
Nov 25, 2016 | Central Office, Featured Posts
Representatives from BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BCPSLS) Central Office spent an incredible few days in London for the Datix International Patient Safety Conference where we listened to and learned from a diverse group of patient safety leaders. The...
Oct 31, 2016 | Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Northern Health (NH), Opioid Safety
An alarming number of drug overdoses and deaths are happening across BC. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has taken a lead role in establishing a comprehensive Harm Reduction Program so communities like Terrace have the tools, knowledge, and resources they...
Oct 26, 2016 | Central Office, Featured Posts
BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BCPSLS) is proud to participate in Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW), October 24 to 28, 2016. Along with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), we’re spreading the message of ASK. LISTEN. TALK and joining CPSI to...
Oct 18, 2016 | Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC)
As Administrative Assistant to eight patient care managers at Providence Health Care (PHC), Chantal Chow is well-informed about how the organization aims to deliver high-quality care. But when one topic kept coming up in staff meetings and orientations she set out to...
Oct 4, 2016 | Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC)
Programming infusion pumps has been recognized as a high-risk activity and a source of adverse events. Infusion pumps can look similar but function differently for reasons such as inconsistent software versions, leading to use errors and potential for patient harm....
