It was a busy week in our Hospital last week so thank you to all those who participated in the various activities for Canadian Patient Safety Week 2023.

If you missed attending one of the Healthcare Excellence Canada webinars, you can still watch by clicking on the links below:

October 24 – Rethinking Patient Safety

October 25 – Stories from the Field: Inclusive Care – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Learning Exchange

October 26 – Safe and Respectful First Nations, Inuit and Metis Maternal and Newborn Care

Congratulations again to our Patient Safety Trivia Winners: Caroline Santorelli, Kelly Botterill, Madyson Weir, Kaileigh Bell, and Dianne DaSilva!  Thanks to all who played!

Slido participants provided some great suggestions for the poll “What Small Change could make a Big Impact on Safer Care?” which will be considered when drafting our next Patient Safety Plan.

For those who participated in our “Digging for Dinosaurs” Dotmocracy – the results are in! Needless clutter may result in time focused on tasks that do not add value to the care and safety of our patients.  There may be clutter present that contributes to or distracts from safety.  We asked what area of clutter you felt we should focus on improving. The majority of participants felt we should focus on improving clutter as a result of unnecessary waiting – periods of inactivity in a downstream process that occur because an upstream activity does not produce/deliver on time.  In the coming months, we will be taking a closer look at this area and how we can implement Quality Improvement initiatives to provide safer care.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding Canadian Patient Safety Week please reach out to Terry Fodë, Patient Safety Improvement Specialist, at terry.fode@tbh.net or extension 6754.