Betegbiztonsági

Betegbiztonsági, or patient safety, is the discipline within healthcare dedicated to preventing harm to patients. It covers reducing errors, adverse events, and near misses by designing systems that support safe care.

Its scope includes medication safety, infection prevention, surgical safety, diagnostic accuracy, care transitions, and communication among clinicians, patients, and families. A safe healthcare system emphasizes non-punitive reporting and learning from mistakes.

Key methods include standardized clinical protocols, checklists (e.g., surgical safety), medication reconciliation, infection-control practices, and patient engagement. Incident reporting systems, root cause analyses, and risk assessments are used to identify and mitigate hazards.

Governance and standards are provided by health authorities, accreditation bodies, and international organizations such as the World Health Organization and IHI. National patient-safety programs promote training, data collection, and continuous improvement to reduce preventable harm.

Challenges include resource constraints, complex care processes, data quality, and cultural barriers to reporting. Ongoing efforts focus on building safety culture, leveraging health information technology, and measuring outcomes to guide policy and practice.