tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81401357571073168702012-02-16T00:39:04.329-08:00Safe and HealthyPatient Safety in Primary Care. English version of sanoysalvo.esSafe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-14779446552254746672011-01-11T10:59:00.000-08:002011-01-11T11:00:21.899-08:00Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-80912349096530481942010-10-07T22:44:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:52:14.581-08:00What to do if things go wrong: a guide for junior doctorsThis National Patient Safety Agency's booklet is a guide for junior doctors to manage a patient safety incident.It is organized in 6 sections.First, a description of a personal experience of having a medical incident. Second, to document the incident in the patient’s medical records and to inform consultant and/or supervisor. Third, to communicate the incident to the patient, family and Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-57650714367403517832010-10-04T22:19:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:25:37.072-08:00Infections, oral anticoagulant therapy, cotrimoxazole and ciprofloxacinThe newsletter on Patient Safety of the Ministry’s Quality Agency has published a new edition with articles of great interest. Among them, one published in Archives of Internal Medicine that associate the increased occurrence of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract hemorrhage in patients undergoing oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin, if they are prescribed cotrimoxazole or ciprofloxacin, for Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-29081547367834397112010-10-02T22:08:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:18:56.897-08:00Increased reporting of medication errors in a Healthcare AreaVirginia Greciano, of the Area 2 of Madrid, presented an interesting oral communication on medication error reporting, which is summarized below.Given the necessity to extend definitively the culture of reporting medication errors (ME) and facing an increasing number of targets by the organization, the Functional Unit for Health Risks Management (FUHRM) proposed the Pharmacy Department to developSafe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-24005690293905755622010-09-29T22:00:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:07:34.644-08:00Patient Safety 2010 EurobarometerThe supplement on Patient Safety, of the newsletter of the National Health System’s Quality Agency, announces the publication of the Patient Safety 2010 Eurobarometer.It is a very complete report, with 107 pages, containing the results of 26,663 questionnaires in the 27 EU countries.Nosocomial infections are the adverse effects perceived as most frequent, followed by misdiagnosis and problems Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-66082855056038293262010-09-27T21:56:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:00:06.577-08:00Detection of potential interactions by the electronic medical record: A new approach to improve patient safetyThe European Journal of General Practice has published the article: Prevalence and typology of potential drug interactions occurring in primary care patients. Authors: López-Picazo JJ, Ruiz JC, Sanchez JF, Ariza A, Aguilera B, Lazarus D, Sanz GR.The objective of this article is to determine the prevalence and type of potential drug interactions in primary care patients.It is very interesting Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-48356151611228835892010-09-25T08:49:00.000-07:002010-11-01T09:14:53.058-07:00Europe removes drugs containing rosiglitazone (Avandia®, Avandamet® and Avaglim®)Finally, rosiglitazone (Avandia®) is no longer available in Europe.In a previous post we discussed an article of The New York Times, which might help to explain why the FDA refuses its full withdrawal, although rosiglitazone is not better than pioglitazone, but causes more cardiovascular problems.Yesterday, El País reported extensively on the ban, until Glaxo can "identify the group of patients Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-81902893170393575462010-09-20T08:42:00.000-07:002010-11-01T08:49:04.923-07:00MedlinePlus: Talking with your doctorThis website presents, in the section "Health News", some advices for patients to prepare for consultation with their doctors so the patient can participate actively in the care process.The objective of these tips is the patient to reflect about the importance of his participation, from the position of a formed patient, in the healthcare process. The patient should organize information about his Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-76088561908763629472010-09-17T08:35:00.000-07:002010-11-01T08:42:15.611-07:00Learning from the successes. Safety Meeting’ 10The Observatory for Patient Safety, of the Quality Agency of Andalusia, has organized this conference on 23 September in Seville.There will have place roundtables with suggestive titles such as "Improving safety is simple", "Improving safety takes 2 minutes" or "Report of successes".On the other hand they will project the safe practice experiences sent before 15 September.The Observatory Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-87457074985491957202010-09-11T15:50:00.000-07:002010-10-17T15:55:36.448-07:00The quality, security and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative studyTelephone consulting is increasingly used to improve access to care and optimise resources. However, there remains a debate about how such consultations differ from face-to-face consultations in terms of content, quality and safety. To investigate this, a comparison of family doctors' telephone and face-to-face consultations was conducted.106 audio-recordings, from 19 doctors in nine practices, Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-73289029990283100372010-09-08T08:29:00.000-07:002010-11-01T08:35:23.724-07:00Organisational readiness: exploring the preconditions for success in organisation-wide patient safety improvement programmesDoes any organization can implement a patient safety improvement programme?What does it need to succeed? What results can be expected?Quality and Safety in Health Care has published this original research outlining some answers.UK researchers examined the perceptions of organizational readiness and its relation to the impact of the Safer Patients Initiative (SPI), a national initiative of the Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-42450773296588537782010-09-05T15:41:00.000-07:002010-10-10T13:04:32.574-07:00Seminar of the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene: Patient safety, a shared commitment, a general interestThe next September 17 will take place in Alicante a Seminar of the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene (Sociedad Española de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública e Higiene), in which also participates the Spanish Society for Quality Healthcare (Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial, SECA) and the Spanish Association of Health Risks Management and Patient Safety (Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-55785127950928696562010-09-02T15:43:00.000-07:002010-10-17T15:50:03.326-07:00Improving quality of antibiotics’ prescription in primary care: a qualitative evaluation of combined training interventionBMC Family Practice publishes this paper focused on an intervention designed to change primary healthcare professionals’ antibiotic prescription habits.The educational STAR program (Stemming the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance) has the aims of improving antibiotics’ prescription and to increase the awareness of the problem of antibiotic resistance among primary care physicians.STAR program is Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-54597500608510949832010-08-31T12:37:00.000-07:002010-10-10T12:46:07.418-07:003rd Seminar. Medication errors with vaccines: improving with the professionalsProblem description:The objective of the 2009 program-contract in our area on medication errors reporting was to report at least 109 errors, which means a 5% of the expected in an area like ours.The total in 2009 was 192 errors reported. The 26% of these was related to vaccine administration.Analysis of causes:A working group is formed with 12 professionals involved in immunization and motivated Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-40158171801519178772010-08-29T02:07:00.000-07:002010-10-05T02:14:53.711-07:003rd seminar. Safety incident with the defibrillator gel in health centers. Root cause analysisProblem description:There are CPR training courses at primary care facilities in the 5th Primary Care area of Madrid. In reviewing the crash cart, the teacher finds in some facilities the presence of an alcohol gel bottle next to the defibrillator.The gels for manual defibrillator must be alcohol free, because its use could burn patients.Analysis of causes:Professional causes: ignorance, not Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-40097091877870426702010-08-27T14:40:00.000-07:002010-09-29T14:47:10.878-07:003rd Seminar. Adverse effects detection, a way of sensitizing the professionals to Patient SafetyThe interest and promotion of Patient Safety (PS) by National and International agencies in health services, motivated us to make this report with the following objectives:• To assess the sensitization on PS through educational workshops, measured by the statement of adverse effects (AE) in all teaching units of the autonomous community of Galicia• To study the frequency, severity and Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-67091166881413300842010-08-25T11:20:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:24:01.582-07:003rd Seminar. Involving professionals in patient safetyCristina Cedrún of the Primary Care Area 5 of Madrid, presented the interventions undertaken to improve reporting of incidents.These interventions achieved the declaration of a 76% above the proposed objective.The information and involvement were again the key.The authors are: Cedrún Lastra, C; Martínez Patiño, M.D; Piédrola Martínez, M.+ Info: http://seguridadpaciente.com/Jornadas10/Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-39962601420304130112010-08-23T12:16:00.000-07:002010-09-13T12:26:52.646-07:003rd Seminar. A project to systematize the communication in drugs administration at emergency situationsThe Primary Care Management of Talavera de la Reina presented many presentations at the Seminar. In this one, they comment a very important topic, the risk of error in drugs administration at emergency situations.Raised the issue, they developed a protocol on this subject that was presented with a video in all healthcare facilities.The main author is Belen de La Hija.+ Info: http://Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-42615492037609555842010-08-20T14:32:00.000-07:002010-09-13T14:38:55.203-07:00A brief synopsis on Patient Safety, WHO/Europe 2010A brief synopsis on Patient Safety, WHO/Europe 2010.“This document provides a simplified and non-exhaustive synopsis of the major international patient safety initiatives – past and present – undertaken in the WHO European Region. While patient safety is a complex issue spanning numerous public health and health-care domains, this document adopts a generic understanding of the subject in respect Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-54142682713520427072010-08-17T10:32:00.000-07:002010-09-25T10:45:54.832-07:00Interview with Pilar Vicente García, nurse, member of the Spanish Association of Latex AllergyLatex allergy, although currently very common, is still little known. According some studies, in Spain a 2% of the general population has developed it and in risk groups the number may reach a 15%. Once it appears, any area of a person’s life is involved because, where there is no latex?We interviewed Pilar Vicente García, a member of the Spanish Association of Latex Allergy (Asociación Española Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-21778904774512457382010-08-15T13:59:00.000-07:002010-09-29T14:40:31.466-07:003rd Seminar. Design and implementation of a protocol on users’ unequivocal identification in primary careThe topic of the unequivocal identification of patients was also present at the Seminar, through this presentation of the Guadalquivir Sanitary District, Córdoba. The authors are Hervás Vargas, A. and Gutierrez Sequera, J.L., who summarize their work thus:Problem Description: In the provision of health care, the identification of patients involves risks that may result in misdiagnosis, testing, Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-55304877225004181172010-08-12T13:44:00.000-07:002010-09-13T12:16:42.842-07:00Time to listen: a review of the methods to solicit patient reports of adverse eventsAs patient participation is a relatively new addition to patient safety reporting systems, the techniques that are most successful and efficient are not yet known.The journal Quality & Safety in Heath Care has published this literature review on reporting systems used by patients: populations, contact methods, verification, reporting, incentives, incident rates and reporting terminology.Two Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-89597303820208626382010-08-09T13:03:00.000-07:002010-09-01T13:11:37.722-07:00Interview with Miguel Angel Máñez. Can we sell better the safety culture?We met Miguel Angel Máñez at the Security Master developed by the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy and the Miguel Hernández University. We felt he provided a new –and very necessary- point of view respecting safety culture. That is why we asked to interview him and he has kindly answered.Miguel Angel Máñez is an economist. He is currently the Deputy Manager of Economic and Human Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-51834485039924528922010-08-06T12:19:00.000-07:002010-08-24T12:23:24.905-07:003rd Seminar. Safe practices presented by the Functional Unit of Health Risks Management, 4th Area of MadridThe Functional Unit of Health Risks Management of the 4th Area of Madrid presented the safe practices identified in the last four years.They define a safe practice as "an action, according to the evidence and knowledge available, to avoid or reduce health risks or adverse effects. It may respond to a particular health care situation or may be useful and/or generalizable to other facilities Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-9071412111526678452010-08-04T12:11:00.000-07:002010-08-24T12:18:49.117-07:00Atención Primaria Editorial: semFYC adapts the WHO recommendations on hand hygiene for Primary CareThe journal Atención Primaria publishes in its last number an editorial with the title: La Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria adapta las recomendaciones sobre higiene de las manos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para atención primaria (The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine adapts the World Health Organization recommendations on hand hygiene for Primary CareSafe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-3890325529206175862010-08-02T09:37:00.000-07:002010-08-24T12:09:58.743-07:003rd Seminar. Assessment of the Registration System of falls in nursing home residents and identification of improvement strategiesThis oral presentation was considered the best of its work group (they chose the best presentation in each work group).This presentation studies the falls in elderly residents of nursing homes in the Granada Sanitary District, and has three main objectives:1. To determine the incidence of falls in nursing home residents.2. To perform an analysis of the most common causes of falls.3. To categorizeSafe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-23566320788060612010-07-30T02:18:00.000-07:002010-07-31T02:09:06.423-07:00The Ministry of Health and Social Policy has posted on the network the presentations of the 5th ConferenceOur readers will remember that the last June 3 and 4 was held in Madrid the 5th International Conference on Patient Safety, which has already been reviewed in this blog.The Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy has posted on its Patient Safety Web Site, the presentations of that conference.It is also an opportunity to visit -for those who have not yet done it- the specific Patient Safety Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-12195543677628925982010-07-28T14:23:00.000-07:002010-07-29T08:49:46.590-07:00Again with blood glucose meters: Supplementary informationWe recently echoed in this blog a warning from the Spanish Agency of Drugs and Health Care Products (AEMPS), referring to problems of interference in glucose meters.Abbott Laboratories have corrected their test strips FreeStyle Lite, for not to interfere with certain medications at the time of measuring blood glucose in diabetic patients.They have therefore changed the reactive enzyme, replacing Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-84459686159283431132010-07-26T00:01:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:59:38.940-07:003rd Seminar. Assessment of the observance of Hand Hygiene in a Primary Care area of MadridWith the aim of bringing good practices to our daily work, we start a little series where we will bring to the blog the oral communications presented at the last 3rd Seminar for the Improvement of Patient Safety in Primary Care.And we start with a polemical topic, hand hygiene.We know that hand hygiene, as the WHO recommends, is a controversial topic in Primary Care, where the famous five stages Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-65465673485727252252010-07-20T01:38:00.000-07:002010-07-31T01:47:57.915-07:00Manual of Patient Safety for nursingNurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient care, not only in health care facilities but also community-based care and the care performed by family members. That is why we echo a publication of 2008 of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHQR) that may be useful for nurses to select techniques and interventions with proven effecacy.The publication of 1 400Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-43898254531879296442010-07-14T12:51:00.000-07:002010-07-31T01:34:09.706-07:00GSK hid the Rosiglitazone (Avandia) is associated with cardiovascular riskThe New York Times has published an article which alleged that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has withheld the results of a study, organized by the very multinational pharmaceutical company, which showed an increased cardiovascular risk in patients treated with rosiglitazone (Avandia).Rosiglitazone, a drug used in the treatment of diabetes, is also marketed in the European Union, in combination with Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-82361462935409834022010-07-08T23:55:00.000-07:002010-07-31T00:00:02.725-07:00The effects of on-screen, point of care computer reminders on processes and outcomes of careA Cochrane review on on-screen computer reminders delivered to health professionals at the point of care, concludes that those ones produce only small to moderate improvements in both process and outcome of care.Computer reminders are intended to help health care professionals to recall information that they may already know, but could forget easily when doing other activities of care. They also Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-74562788584851934722010-07-04T17:48:00.000-07:002010-07-14T10:22:45.908-07:00Again with blood glucose metersTo complete the warning published in the previous post on blood glucose meters, we have posted in sanoysalvo files a review made in the Area 6 of Madrid, which details issues such as reliability, calibration, interferences and frequent errors, that must be read by those who perform this type of techniques.Click here to download the document.Posted by Juan José Jurado and Fernando PalacioEnglish Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-40919371935674570922010-07-01T18:33:00.000-07:002010-07-12T07:48:06.719-07:00Beware with blood glucose metersThe Spanish Agency for Drugs and Health Care Products has issued a safety note on June 18 warning on the risk of possible errors in measurements of glucose obtained with some blood glucose meters using the enzyme as a reagent pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (GDH-PQQ ), interfering in these results some medications.Meters that use this enzyme are Accu-Chek Sensor®, Accu-Chek CompactSafe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-51044139954395036702010-06-24T04:59:00.000-07:002010-07-12T07:25:31.985-07:00AEMPS: Information about the use of drugs in case of heat waveAs usual at this time, the Spanish Agency for Drugs and Health Care Products (AEMPS) has issued a safety communication giving information about the use of drugs in case of heat wave.The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) also published in June 2009, in the section of its website aimed at population, its recommendations for preventing the effects of excessive heat.SemFYC Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-74592594125046543312010-06-20T01:01:00.000-07:002010-06-27T04:57:08.182-07:00Pharmacotherapeutic follow-up DaderWebThe journal Atención Primaria have published the overall results during the first year of initiation and piloting a new Primary Care database accessible from DaderWeb.This web application arises from the need to optimize all data related to the program Dáder. The program was designed by the Research Group on Pharmaceutical Care, University of Granada, in 1999, and is currently being used in Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-77389895543064302642010-06-17T07:07:00.000-07:002010-06-27T06:01:50.394-07:00Held the First Congress of the Health BlogosphereAs announced on this blog, last Monday June 14 was held in Madrid the 1st Congress of the Health Blogosphere.We presented there our blog Safe and Healthy. The presentation can be downloaded here. It is a summary on what it is and what can be found in safeandhealthypatient.org (the English version of sanoysalvo.es).The conference was a success of participation and contents, that is why we must Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-20730595563271499492010-06-13T05:21:00.000-07:002010-07-22T03:50:34.370-07:00What European population knows about the use of antibiotics. Eurobarometer 2010Antimicrobial resistance is a threat to world public health. Recognizing this, the European Union (EU) has launched a Community strategy against antimicrobial resistance, which includes initiatives to promote its safe use and to combat misconceptions about antibiotics.Thus, since 2008, the EU organizes an annual campaign to raise awareness on the proper use of antibiotics, coordinated by the Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-15319610887100274572010-06-08T06:02:00.000-07:002010-06-13T10:54:44.733-07:00V International Conference on Patient SafetyUnder the Spanish Presidency of the U.E. Madrid was held at the V International Conference on Patient Safety. Impeccable organization and excellent speakers at tables rather moderate.A lot and very good. How to summarize? I chose to reflect what has impressed me most as a family doctor who has left these days its small and saturated query to continue learning to improve the safety of care Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-81506227617100280942010-06-05T02:40:00.000-07:002010-06-13T11:06:46.649-07:00The Gaal questionnaire, a tool to introduce the Safety CultureWe have uploaded to “sanoysalvo files" the spanish version of the questionnaire developed by Sander Gaal, to know the perception that the health professionals of the risks to patient safety.It is a very interesting questionnaire that has two parts. The first presents 10 situations of everyday practice and the second presents 15 factors that can influence the safety of patients. The questionnaire Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-20758460255679226772010-06-03T08:57:00.001-07:002010-06-13T11:58:47.339-07:00From Evidence-based Medicine to Marketing-based MedicineA study published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry shows how pharmaceutical companies use business marketing strategies that serve to provide very flattering data, with respect to its products, in terms of efficacy and safety. In this way they get to influence the opinion of prescribers and clearly enhance their marketing interests.The study uses several internal documents from the Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-21958354419534719752010-06-02T13:23:00.000-07:002010-06-02T13:28:47.986-07:00Drugs and driving The Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS) has posted on its website a new section of drugs and driving.The packages of medicines that can produce effects that impair the ability to operate a car or a dangerous machine shall have the symbol illustrated here before 2011.You can consult on this page which active ingredients have to use or not the symbol. Posted by Jesús Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-29632533596204866292010-05-31T15:10:00.000-07:002010-06-13T02:59:16.288-07:00Side effects of statin treatment in England and WalesBritish Medical Journal published an analysis of the effects (benefits / risks) or unintentional side of statin therapy, registered in health centers in England and Wales. Includes the calculation of the NNT (number needed to treat to benefit) and the NNH (number needed to risk of adverse effects).Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature death in developed countries. Numerous Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-92158080530258137512010-05-27T13:21:00.000-07:002010-06-13T12:08:48.187-07:00Proton pump inhibitors and risk of fractureThe FDA has issued a note, both for professionals and patients, reporting the revision of the prescription of the proton pump inhibitors to include new safety information about a possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine.This information is based on the review of seven epidemiological studies that suggested that the increased risk of such fractures may depend on the dose, Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-48531036777782008002010-05-25T03:48:00.000-07:002010-06-13T03:53:47.925-07:00The relationship between patient safety culture and the implementation of organizational patient safety defences at emergency departmentsVAN NOORD I, DE BRUIJNE MC, TWISK JWRInt J Qual Health Care 22: 162–169 [PMID: 20382661]Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between 11 patient safety culture dimensions and the implementation of 7 organizational patient safety defences: a resident orientation program, the training, the skills assessment of residents, the presence of protocols, the review of Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-65227692164050583302010-05-20T07:59:00.000-07:002010-07-11T06:41:46.049-07:00The nursing organization, access to training and motivation are key to safety in hospitals.The next day May 21 will be held in Madrid, at the Carlos III Health Institute, the symposium "Nurse staffing and its Impact on Patient Safety: towards a Better forecast of human resources in nursing needs", organized by Investen. During this event will be the study RN4CAST that although referred to hospitals, is worth seeingfor the uniqueness of your starting point: studies of Linda Aiken.In Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-31767630336999699472010-05-17T10:26:00.000-07:002010-05-30T12:39:27.423-07:00A more ambitious pharmacovigilance A year ago we mentioned in this blog the Palmarès Prescrire 2008.Again, in the Palmarès 2009, the main categories “Pilule d'Or” and “Tableau d'honneur” were not awarded. These categories are attributed to new drugs that would constitute a breakthrough for the treatment of certain diseases, because of its efficacy or its lower incidence or severity of adverse effects.The announcement of the Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-48158610714283177182010-05-15T00:10:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:37:26.300-07:001st Congress of the Health Blogosphere: Madrid, June 14, 2010 The next June 14, 2010, the Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, will take place the 1st Congress of the Health Blogosphere, in wich veteran and expert bloggers are participating.I quote below the reason for the call, in organizers words.See you there."Why?Knowledge has gone from the conferences and books to computer screens. Internet is the natural way of searching for professionals and users of the Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-60365983187848585532010-05-12T23:52:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:38:15.508-07:00Report on Quality Plan for the National Health System 2006-2010The Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social of Spain has published the report of the activities 2006 - 2010 and the guidelines for this year.Regarding patient safety -three of the 68 pages of the report- the highlight is the development of a normative reform proposal to allow non-punitive reporting of adverse events, an indispensable item for an effective notification system. We have discussed Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-30104935148483240222010-05-05T02:47:00.000-07:002010-05-09T08:51:06.092-07:005th May, World Hand Hygiene DayAs we reported in this blog, today, 5 May 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) announces the second global annual day of hand hygiene in health-care facilities and our blog joins this iniciative also for the second consecutive year (see post of 5 May 2009).This year the World Alliance for Patient Safety´s new proposals include the participation in a global survey on or around 5 May by Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140135757107316870.post-63801934253458160792010-05-04T02:30:00.000-07:002010-05-09T09:01:02.994-07:00Welcome to the English version of Sano y SalvoSano y Salvo is currently the only website focused on patient safety in primary care. We receive visits from all over the world, which has made us consider the publication of our contents in English.So we have created the blog safeanhealthypatient.org, in which we will publish the translation of sanoysalvo.es posts.Publication at this site of the spanish originals will not be exhaustive or Safe and Healthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033912107521472083noreply@blogger.com0