Unsafe health care remains a problem of immense magnitude worldwide. The development of solutions and initiatives aimed at driving change towards greater patient safety has become a pressing need, and is recognized by the public health community. As part of one such initiative – the patient safety friendly hospital initiative – the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean developed a set of patient safety standards and tools, with the aim of assessing the patient safety programmes in hospitals and instilling a culture of safety. This manual contains the patient safety standards and a set of patient friendly hospital assessment tools, which is intended for use by trained evaluators in assessing hospital patient safety programmes. Ministries of health, academic institutions and professional associations are encouraged to adopt and use these tools.

  PSFH Manual                               

 

Professor Nabil Dowidar

APSA Co-ordinator
165 Horreya Avenue, El-Hadar, Alexandria, Egypt
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committee

APSA Steering Committee

1. Professor Mahmoud El Khishen Vice President, Alexandria University
2. Professor Gamal El-Sawaf Dean, Medical Research Institute
3. Professor Asharf Saad Dean, Faculty of Medicine
4. Professor Ibrahim Kharboush Dean, High Institute of Public Health
5. Professor Faten Fikry Dean, Faculty of Nursing
6. Professor Ehab Hamad Dean, Faculty of Dentistry
7. Professor Mohamed Abou Shoer Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy
8. Dr Salamah Abdel Moneim Morsy Under-Secretary, MoH, Alexandria
9. Dr Ali Hegazy Head, HIO, Alexandria
10. Professor Mohamed Mokhtar Vice Dean, Medical Research Institute
11. Professor Tarek Aref Vice Dean, Medical Research Institute
12. Professor Wafaa Wahieb Professor of Health Management, HIPH
13. Professor Nabil Dowidar Professor of Surgery, Medical Research Institute
14. Professor Abdel Geleel Ahmed Professor of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy
15. Professor Ibrahim Labouta Suzan Mubarak Centre, Alexandria
16. Professor Tarek Omar Head, Quality Management, Faculty of Medicine
17. Dr Ayman Hany Director, El-Salamah Hospital
18. Dr Magdi Ismail Head, Quality Managmenet, El-Salamah Hospital
19. Dr Moudah Lotfy Head, Infection Control, MoHP, Alexandria
20. Dr Ilham Morsi  Head, Quality Management, MoHP, Alexandria
21. Dr Mahmoud Damaty Head, Shark El-Madinah Hospital, Alexandria
22.Dr Mona Salem Head, Infection Control, HIO, Alexandria
  • MoH: Ministry of Health
  • HIO: Health Insurance Organization
  • HIPH: High Institute of Public Health

APSA Leader

Professor Mahmoud El Khishen Vice President, Alexandria University

APSA Co-ordinator

Professor Nabil Dowidar Dean, Medical Research Institute

APSA email

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Collaborating Centre

World Health Organization, EMRO Office, Cairo, Egypt