The management of risks associated with healthcare aims to prevent the occurrence of undesirable events associated with healthcare as defined in article R. 1413-66-1 and, if such an event occurs, to identify it, analyse its causes, mitigate or eliminate the harmful effects for the patient and implement measures to prevent it from happening again.
The legal representative of the health care organisation, after consultation with the chairman of the institutional medical committee in public health care organisations, or with the institutional medical conference in private health care organisations, decides on the organisation of the fight against adverse events associated with care. This organisation aims : 1° Implementing staff training and communication initiatives aimed at staff and users to develop a culture of safety in…
The legal representative of the health care organisation, after receiving a proposal from the chairman of the health care organisation’s medical committee in public health care organisations and in consultation with the health care organisation’s medical conference in private health care organisations, decides on the measures to be implemented as part of the action programme referred to in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6161-2.
The legal representative of the health care organisation appoints, in consultation with the chairman of the institutional medical committee in public health care organisations or the institutional medical conference in private health care organisations, a healthcare-associated risk management coordinator to ensure that the tasks mentioned in 1° to 6° of Article R. 6111-2 can be fulfilled. This co-ordinator shall receive training appropriate to the performance of his duties. He shall…
Several healthcare establishments can cooperate to combat adverse events associated with healthcare.
Healthcare-associated infections contracted in a healthcare establishment are known as nosocomial infections.
The action programme mentioned in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6161-2 includes a section on measures to be implemented to combat nosocomial infections. In order to ensure its implementation, an operational hygiene team is set up within each establishment, made up of medical or pharmaceutical staff and nursing staff appointed by the legal representative of the establishment after consultation with the chairman of the establishment’s medical committee in public health…
A report on activities to combat nosocomial infections is drawn up by the operational hygiene team in accordance with a model defined by order of the Minister for Health.
A summary of the healthcare establishment’s annual infection control programme is given to each patient with the welcome booklet.
I. – The institutional medical committee in public health establishments or the institutional medical conference in private health establishments draws up : 1° An action programme, with monitoring indicators, for the proper use of medicines, in particular antibiotics and sterile medical devices. This programme contributes to the quality management of patient medication management and to the quality management of the sterile medical device circuit, in accordance with the procedures defined…
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