New Hire Orientation 2021

Hospital National Patient Safety Goals

• The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety • The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them • They are reviewed each year and updated as necessary • There is a policy and/or process in place for each goal • There is at least one goal that applies to most associates

Kern Medical 2019 Goals • Identify patients correctly • Improve staff communication • Use medicines safely • Use alarms safely • Prevent infection • Identify patient safety risks (suicide prevention) • Prevent mistakes in surgery

What All Employees Need to Do Identify Patients Correctly • The patient’s name • The patient’s date of birth Prevent Infection with Hand Hygiene • One of the most important ways that we can fight Hospital Acquired Infections is to wash your hands for 15 seconds when soiled or use hand sanitizer (like Purell).

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