Promote a Culture of Safety: Revisiting the Safety Cross and Run Charts

Abstract

! way. Most of the harms caused during healthcare " # that millions of patients worldwide suffer harm or death every year as a result of unsafe healthcare practices. Notably, healthcare-associated infections occur in 7 to 10 of 100 hospitalised patients, diagnostic errors in about 5 percent of adult outpatients, surgical complications in upto 25 percent of patients and unsafe injections transmit infections "$% " & ' ( " )*))+ alarming rise in patient harm coupled with the increasing complexity of the healthcare settings has brought about a paradigm shift to focus on patient safety initiatives and safeguards.