Patient Safety in a First-Level Hospital in Colombia, According to London Protocol

Carmen Luisa Betancur Pulgarin, Yudi Nathalia Angulo Ante, Yaqueline Churi Antero, Luis Gabriel Murillo Micolta, Monica Rocio Romero Carvajal and Diego Carmona Carmona

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Abstract: The objective of this study is to identify the adherence of the health personnel of the state social enterprise Norte 2 institution, Caloto, Department of Cauca, Colombia, in the application of the London protocol, referring to patient safety policy, where a quantitative investigation was conducted; observational, descriptive through a census of 92 officials of the institution through a survey designed to measure adherence to protocol, all information was tabulated in the Epi-info 7.2 program and presented by descriptive statistics; the results of this study showed that the population is composed of 60% of female nursing assistants who are more than 1-year old and that the protocol is partially met, where it was found that only 52% of adverse events are reported, concluding that there is no defined patient safety culture, which means that adverse events are not documented.

Keywords: MeSH and DeCS; adverse event; preventable adverse event; Non-preventable adverse event; London protocol; patient safety policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89520

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