Patient Safety with Grace & Alison: Recent Episodes
Patient Safety with Grace & Alison
Patient Safety is a serious global health issue and is critical for achieving Universal health coverage in 2030. This healthcare discipline emerged with the evolving complexity in healthcare systems and the resulting rise of patient harm in healthcare facilities (WHO, 2019). Preventing and minimizing adverse events in health care is important This podcast aims to inform, educate and reduce actual or potential risk that a patient might be faced with in healthcare sector. It also aims to imbibe the culture of patient safety amongst healthcare professionals and promote a harm-free culture.
It has been found out that ensuring that patients are aware of their rights and responsibilities will improve their participation in ensuring their safety. On this episode we discussed patient's rights according to the Nigerian bill of rights.
This episode is a follow up to our last episode on Medication Management. Our guest on this episode is a pharmacist with years of experience in community practice. Listen, learn and enjoy.
We all have taken medications once in our lifetime or you could currently be on some medications. On this episode, we elaborated on the importance of medicine management, storage of medicines and the roles of patient, pharmacist and physicians in the management of medicines.
Bloodborne Diseases are more common than we think. In this episode, you will be enlightened on what bloodborne diseases are, how it can be transmitted and most importantly how to ensure your safety from this infection.
On this episode, we discussed infection control with airborne diseases in view. The most common air borne diseases: common cold and flu were also discussed and steps on how to prevent these conditions.
On this first episode of the year 2022, we will like to draw your mind to why we are advocating for patient safety.
Our discussion cover's why and what patient safety is as well as facts you need to know about patient safety.
In addition, we also shared factors that could lead to patient harm and the role you need to play to secure your safety.
November is the antimicrobial awareness month and on this episode, we will be giving a brief introduction to this broad topic: Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial Resistance has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity and the cost of AMR to the economy is significant. We will also share factors that promote Antimicrobial Resistance and safety tips to consider while handling antimicrobials. Happy listening.
Immunization has been an effective way of protecting oneself from infectious diseases.Ā It works by triggering one's immune system to fight against certain disease. For the past year, we have been battling with a pandemic that has impacted the world and just like other infectious diseases, the mortality rate recorded has been a major concern. In this episode, we discussed the adverse events following Immunization of the novel COVID-19 vaccine while addressing major concerns that the public might have. You can send your questions to us at gapatientsafety@gmail.com. Happy listening!
Mental Health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. In Maternal health, Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common mental health challenge that mother's have to deal with. Listen to know more about this topic and how to prevent or deal with PPD and other mental health challenges. The place of support is also emphasized, because empowering one woman implies that you're empowering a whole community. Thus, you have a role to play in ensuring that every woman around you gets the support they need. Happy listeningš§!
All things being equal, no healthcare professional is going to intentionally harm you, because we have all taken an oath to do no harm but we are all humans and are prone to errors and mistakes. One way of avoiding this error is having a patient that is aware. The safety of medication use in pregnancy always involves two individuals, the pregnant mother and the unborn child. Unlike in children or adults, side effects affecting the unborn child cannot be detected early enough to prevent potentially life-long damages. Thus, medication safety in pregnancy is of utmost importance. In this episode, Pharmacist Grace and Pharmacist Alison converse about safe pregnancy, conditions that require medications in pregnancy, real-life illustrations of medication use in pregnancy and tips to always remember as regards medication for pregnant women.