World Patient Safety Day
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Where is World Patient Safety Day observed?
The health care of patients has been a matter of great debate over many annual meetings and global discussions. Finally, the World Health Organization announced the first World Patient Safety Day on September 17 for the first time in 2019.
The goal of this international day is to create awareness on patient safety across the world, encourage the participation of the public in health care safety, and encourage worldwide action to reduce avoidable harm in the health care sector.
Every year, a different theme is chosen for highlighting an essential matter that requires particular attention which is the prevention of unwanted injury to ensure better health services. This day is observed by all the member states of the UN nations.
Who is World Patient Safety Day observed by?
The day is observed by the 193 countries that are members of the United Nations.
Undoubtedly, the United Nations remains the only platform where nations come together to debate common issues to improve the problems in the health care system. Health care issues such as quality care of patients, safe maternal and newborn care, and understanding the importance of health care workers are highlighted.
When did the first World Patient Safety Day start?
World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019, and it takes place every year on September 17.
The first observation of the day was in the year 2019. The theme of the first patient safety flagship in 2019 was 'Patient Safety: A Global Health Priority'. It highlights how harm occurs while under health care workers.
Who started the World Patient Safety Day?
World Patient Safety Day was started by the 72nd World Health Assembly in 2019.
It did not happen overnight but as a result of several deliberations, a series of discussions on many global summits. The first discussion which had begun in London in 2016 attracted the attention of people engaged in health services.
History and Timeline
The establishment of World Patient Safety Day would provide a forum for health care practitioners and management to unite and demonstrate solidarity and compassion in order to make healthcare safer.
Traditions And Customs
The lighting of significant monuments, sites, and public places in the color orange, in partnership with local authorities all around the world, is a characteristic mark of the global campaign.
Ways To Observe The World Patient Safety Day
The establishment of World Patient Safety Day provides a forum for healthcare practitioners and management to make health care safer and reduce avoidable harm to patients in hospitals.
Thus, on this day we can think of common ways to remove barriers to health care facilities, make health care affordable to all, conduct seminars, create awareness among people on the need to have safety, provide safe working conditions to our healthcare workers and remove gender inequality in hospitals.
Facts and stats
- The passage of resolution WHA 72.6 on 'Global Action on Patient Safety' created World Patient Safety Day.
- The day highlights the importance of quality care as four out of 10 people in the world are injured when receiving emergency care.
- Observed annually, this day highlights how patient safety can lead to cost reduction. In the US, an estimate of $42 billion is lost to mistakes made in prescribing medications.
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First Heart Transplant completed by Dr. Christiaan Bernard.
1967First Global Ministerial Summit
Discussion began in London on the need to have better health care for every patient and the necessity to ensure better care in hospitals.
2016Annual Ministerial Summit
Discussion continued on the need for patient safety. The conferences were held in Bonn in 2017 and in Tokyo in 2018.
2017-18WHO announces first World Patient Safety Day
The 72nd World Health Assembly declared May 2019 to be World Patient Safety Day. Permission was granted, however, for this unique day to be commemorated yearly on September 17.
May 2019What was the theme of World Patient Safety Day 2020?
The theme of World Patient Safety Day 2020 was 'Safe health workers, safe patients'. It highlighted how health worker safety is linked to patient safety.
Why is World Patient Safety Day observed?
The day is observed to raise awareness regarding patient safety and to make healthcare safer on this day.
When was World Patient Safety Day observed?
The first World Patient Safety Day was observed on September 17, 2019.
Why do we need to observe World Patient Safety Day?
To make healthcare safer and eliminate any possibility of threat that can be faced by women during labor. It is necessary to create awareness among people to maintain good hygiene in hospitals and make healthcare affordable and bring about gender equity in healthcare facilities.
Who coined World Patient Safety Day?
The World Health Assembly declared September 17 to be World Patient Safety Day.
When Is This Day Celebrated
- Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Friday, September 17, 2021
- Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Sunday, September 17, 2023
- Tuesday, September 17, 2024
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