Understanding Patient Safety and Reducing Medical Risks
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There are many patients have been affected negatively from several medical procedures. Although there are various steps to follow after and during any medical procedures. Yet, there are many threats on patient safety. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to understand the patient safety and to follow guidelines to ensure patient healthcare and to make recommendations to improve these guidelines. A questionnaire was created to understand the actual risk of different medical procedures. Depending on the results of the questionnaire, reducing medical complications and improving patients safety could be improved by enhancing safety awareness, staff training, and risk reporting systems.
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