National Patient Safety Agency NPSA

This agency was created in July 2001 in the United Kingdom to improve patient safety within the framework of the UK National Health Service (NHS) by encouraging voluntary reporting of medical-related errors, performing analysis, and initiating appropriate preventive measures. Since 2005, the NPSA has also been responsible for the following items [7]  

The NPSA idenhfies patient safety-associated deficiencies with the aid of input from pahents and clinical experts, develops appropriate solutions, and monitors results of correchve measures within the NHS. Its initiatives and alerts include items such as hand hygiene, information for doctors and patients on steps to decrease risk of error, vaccine safety, and disclosure of error to all injured patients. Finally, the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) allows all NHS employees to provide the NPSA with reports on an anonymous basis. 

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Insulin safety guidance (Rapid response report). National Patient Safety Agency London 2010. http //www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/ news/the-national-patient-safety-agency-npsa-has-today-issued-guidance-for-all-nhs-organisations-across-england-and-wales-aimed-at-re/. Accessed 11 Mar 2013... 

Drug overdose Between November 2004 and November 2008, UK health-care staff reported 498 dosing errors for midazolam to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) there were three deaths [35 ]. The following problems were reported ... 

National Patient Safety Agency (2008) Rapid Response Report (NPSA/2008/ RRR001) Risks of incorrect dosing of oral anti-cancer medicines, 22 January. 

National Patient Safety Agency. Design for patient safety. Guidelines for safe on-screen display of medication information. NHS Connecting For Health. 2010. London, UK. http //www. nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/collections/design-for-patient-safety/ entryid45=66713. 

Figure 12.1 Distinguishing drug names through good design (Reproduced with permission of National Patient Safety Agency www.npsa.nhs.uk).

National Patient Safety Agency. 2003. Seven Steps to Patient Safety. London NPSA. 

National Patient Safety Agency 2004. Seven Steps to Patient Safety. Crown Pnblishing, Department of Health. London. Available at http //www.nrls.npsa. nhs.nk/resonrces/collections/seven-steps-to-patient-safety/ (last accessed on 16 April 2014). 

National Patient Safety Agency (NPS A) (2(X)8) Promoting safer use of injectable medicines. Patient safety alert 20. htq> //www.nrls. npsa.nhs.uk... 

The National Patient Safety Agency Medical Error, a Guide for Junior Doctors, available at www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/juniordoctors/... 

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