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Quality and safety are serious concerns even in health
systems that are well financed, staffed and resourced. The Regional Committee
Resolution SEA/RC59/R3 on ‘Promoting patient safety in health care’, adopted
by the 59th session of the Regional Committee, places patient safety at the
centre of the drive to promote quality in health systems in the Region. The
QSH unit serves as the focal point for the work of the World Alliance for
Patient Safety in the Region. In addition, the unit collaborates with other
units and departments within WHO in pertinent areas such as drug safety,
blood safety, injection safety, safe surgery and medical procedures
(including making pregnancy safer), planning and management of medical
devices, and clean water, sanitation and health care waste management.
General objective
To provide technical leadership and support to Member
countries in designing and implementing systems and interventions that reduce
harm and promote quality and safety in health care in the South-East Asia
Region.
Specific objectives
 To
support Member countries in the implementation of interventions and best
practices that can have a rapid and significant impact on improving patient
safety in the Region (e.g. hand hygiene);
To
build national and regional capacity in key aspects of patient safety,
including research;
To
facilitate collaboration and the exchange of experiences and best practices
among Member countries and between Member countries and the Alliance;
To
contribute to the development of systems for reporting and learning from
adverse events and best practices to improve patient safety;
To
monitor and report on progress in the implementation of Resolution
SEA/RC59/R3 to the Regional Committee.
Broad Strategies
Advocate
for a legislative and regulatory environment that promotes quality and
safety, and encourages transparent reporting of adverse events;
Catalyze
political commitment and action in areas of greatest risk to patient safety
through the Alliance’s
Global Patient Safety Challenge programme;
Develop
a strategic framework and package of interventions for strengthening patient
safety which builds on successful interventions and actions in the Region and
worldwide;
Conduct
regional and national workshops to build capacity and facilitate the exchange
of information and experiences among Member countries;
Integrate
patient safety concepts into pre-service and in-service training and
continuing education;
Develop
national mechanisms to ensure minimal standards of quality and safety in
health care such as external assessment and hospital accreditation;
Provide
technical assistance to Member countries as requested to improve the safety
of their health systems;
Build
partnerships – engage patients, consumer groups, health care workers,
professional associations, hospital associations, health care accreditation
bodies and policy-makers as partners in building safer health systems;
Establish
networks for sharing experience and expertise on quality and safety in health
care within and outside the Region; and
Develop
and monitor a minimum set of patient safety indicators.
SEA-HSD-297
- First Regional Workshop on Patient Safety - A Report, New Delhi, 12-14 July
2006 [PDF 218 KB]
SEA-HS-227
- Promoting Patient Safety at Health Care Institutions - Report and
Documentation of the Technical Discussions held in conjunction with the 43rd
Meeting of CCPDM, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 14-16 June 2006 [PDF 1.07 KB]
Recommendations of
the WHO Expert Working Group on Hospital Accreditation and other External
Quality Assessment Systems in Health Care, 7-8 February 2008, Bangkok,
Thailand
Regional
Patient Safety Meeting on the Integrated Management of Emergency and
Essential Surgical Care, 15-17 January 2008, Bentota,
Sri Lanka (A summary of key points).
National
launch of Hand Hygiene Campaign, June 8 2008, Male, Maldives
(Photos and speeches).
Annual
Meeting of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (Speech made by one of the
Patients for Patient Safety Champion).
PFPS Newsletter.
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