Steps to Avoid Harm
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has identified and endorsed several evidence-based practices to reduce and prevent patient harm. Hospitals report on their implementation of five NQF Safe Practices:
- Safe Practice 1: Culture of Safety Leadership Structures and Systems
- Safe Practice 2: Culture Measurement, Feedback, and Intervention
- Safe Practice 4: Risks and Hazards
- Safe Practice 9: Nursing Workforce
- Safe Practice 19: Hand Hygiene
Time Period Covered
- 2019
Patients Included in the Measure
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Inpatients (Patients who are admitted to the hospital for at least one overnight stay)
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Outpatients (Patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day)
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Adults and Children