ABSTRACTS from 16th International COnference on ... - CRRT Online

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Ensuring Patient Safety and Quality Measures for RRT in AKI 1:
Water Standards, Infection Control
Thomas A. Golper MD
10:00-11:30
Wednesday, February 15
Educational Objectives:
Understand the problems that lead to errors in patient safety
Understand the infrastructure and processes to ensure patient safety
Understand the timeless communication skills that best promote safety now and for the future
Content Description:
This session will focus on several safety issues with water quality and infection control two themes. We will go
into some detail on water processing and surveillance of water quality and we will discuss the most common
infection control issue, that of the access to the blood stream.
We will also focus on principles of safety assurance thinking. How do we make patient safety a permanent cultural
norm? This requires insight into the nature of common problems, but importantly involves interpersonal
communication skills and disciplines.
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