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Table 5 Indicators of patient safety over time [60]

From: National initiatives to promote quality of care and patient safety: achievements to date and challenges ahead

Indicator

Performance, 2017

Performance, 2019

Patient identification in the ED

79%

80%

Patient identification in the imaging department

83%

86%

Pre-operative data verification

93%

92%

Counting of items during and at conclusion of surgery

95%

85%

Training staff in patient safety

65%

89%

Performing safety round according to MOH methodology

57%

89%

Performing quality improvement projects using PDSA methodology

82%

96%

Performing root-cause analysis of sentinel events using 5 M methodology

96%

100%

  1. Bold print represents substantial improvement in comparison with previous time point (see Methods section)
  2. ED emergency department, MOH Ministry of Health, PDSA Plan-do-study-act