APSA Solutions Made Simple

Alexandria Patient Safety Alliance-Solutions Made Simple (APSA-SMS) program aims at creating wide spread awareness and successful implementation of the Egyptian patient safety standards as mentioned in the standards for Hospital published by the Ministry of Health.

APSA will present guidance on how to implement and audit these standards. Each APSA-SMS will include a short action plan for the implementation of the standards, audit forms to evaluate success of implementation and an educational slide show that could be used for educational purposes. These documents are presented in Arabic to ensure widest implementation among healthcare providers.

Implementation tool

This tool has been designed to help in implementing APSA Solutions Made Simple. The tool is based on the PDSA (Plan - Do - Study - Act) quality improvement cycle. The PDSA cycle offers a route for systematic implementation and improvement. Often the patient safety standard cannot be achieved in one cycle, and so the cycle is repeated. Even if the desired aim is achieved a new aim is defined and the cycle repeated. With each new cycle improvement in patient safety standards will be achieved and so on.

  APSA - SMS implementation tool

Solutions Made Simple

Patient identification

  Egyptian patient safety standards-PS3
   
تستخدم طريقتان على الأقل للتعرف على المريض عند إعطاءه علاج أو عند نقل دم أو احد مشتقاته أو عند اخذ عينة دم منه أو أى عينات أخرى لازمة للتحاليل الطبية أو عند إعطاء أى علاجات أخرى أو عند اتخاذ أى إجراءات
  Patient indentification solution
    Patient identification - SMS
  Patient indentification audit tool
    For medical record and wrist band assessment
    For petient identification process assessmentl
    For knowledg assessment
  Patient indentification slide show
    Patient identification educational slide show
  Patient indentification forum
  Eman El-Sayed, Eman El-Sonbaty, Fatma Hamdy, Nabil Dowidar

Hand Hygiene

  Egyptian patient safety standards-PS4
 
يتم تطبيق دليل نظافة الأيدى والقوانين واللوائح الخاصة بنظافة الأيدى السارية والمنشورة حاليا لمنع العدوى المتعلقة بالرعاية الصحية
  Hand hygiene solution
    Hand hygiene - SMS
  Hand hygiene audit tools
    For equipment assessment
    For knowledge assessment
    For compliance assessment
  Hand hygiene posters
 
These posters are designed to be printed in A4 size using black and white laser printers, enlarged into A3 size through photocopying, laminated and then fixed in designated areas according to the hand hygiene solution recommendations.
    Five moments
    Six steps
  Hand hygiene slide show
    Hand hygiene educational slide show
  Hand hygiene forum
 
Azza Abd El-Shaheen, Bothayna El-Said, Elham Morsy, Elham Mohamed, Eman El-Sayed,Eman El-sonbaty, Enas El-Agami, Fatmah Hamdy, Hesham Saad El-din, Karima El-Sayed, Magda Essawy, Mervat Hussien, Mona Salem, Mostafa Nour El-Din, Nabil Dowidar, Osama Belal, Reham El-Feky, Salwa Abu Zeid, Samaa Zenhom, Soad Farid, Tarek Omar.

Injection Safety

  Egyptian patient safety standard - ps 5
   
يتم التخلص من السرنجات ذات الاستخدام الواحد بعد استخدامها لمنع العدوى المتعلقة بالرعاية الصحية
  Injection safety solution
    Injection safety - SMS
  Injection safety audit tools
    For knowledge assessment
    For compliance assessment in patient wards, diagnostic and therapeutic intervention rooms including operating rooms
  Injection safety alerts
  Safety alerts are designed to be printed in A4 size using black and white laser printers and distributed to all wards and intervention rooms. The alert could also be enlarged to A3 size and laminated and displayed accordingly.
    Alert - 1
  Injection safety slide show
    Injection safety educational slide show
  Injection safety eForum
  Ahmed Awad, Azza Hussein, Basma Azaz, Elham Morsy, Eman El-Sayed, Eman El-Sonbaty, Fatma Hamdy, Gihan Nabil, Maha El-Touny, Mona Salem, Nabil Dowidar, Nahla Kandil, Rania El-Watidy, Reham El-Asady, Sally Abd El-Raouf.

Panic values

  Egyptian patient safety standard – PS 6
   
توجد قائمة بكافة الفحوص التى لها قيم / نتائج فحص حرجة وتحدد قيم / نتائج الفحوص الحرجة لكل فحص
  APSA panic values
    Table of panic values
  Egyptian patient safety standard – PS 7
  يتم تطبيق عملية محددة لتلقى الأوامر الشفهية أو التليفونية أو لتقديم تقرير عن نتائج الفحوص الحرجة، والتي تتطلب توضيح ( إعادة القراءة) الأمر بأكمله أو نتيجة الفحص من الشخص المتلقي المعلومات.
  Panic values reporting solution
         Panic values-SMS
  Panic values reporting audit tools
         For konwledge assessment
         For assessment of essentials and reporting process
  Panic values slide show
         Panic values educational slide show
  Panic values eForum
 
Ahmed Awad, Al Shaima Ismail, Amr Aly, Eman El-Sonbaty, Eman Wagdy, Gihan Mohmoud, Magda Abo Ollo ,Mahmoud Ragab, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem, Mohsen George, Nabil Dowidar, Nagwa Metwally ,Rania Diab, Sahar Helmy .

Tube misconnection

  Egyptian patient safety standard – PS 8
     
.يتم تطبيق نظم لمنع الإتصال الخاطئ أو إنفكاك جميع أنواع الأنابيب والقساطر
  Tube misconnection solution
    Tube misconnection – SMS
    Tube misconnection – determination
    Tube misconnection – risk assessment
    Tube misconnection – risk matrix
    Tube misconnection – catheter map
  Tube misconnection audit tools
             For konwledge assessment
             For process assessment
  Tube misconnection slide show
             Tube misconnection educational slide show
  Tube misconnection eForum
 
Abd El-Fatah Bassiouny, Eman El-Sonbaty, Eman El-Sayed, Fatma Hamdy, Hadil Galal, Magda Abo Ollo, Mohamed Selima, Mohsen George, Nabil Dowidar, Shaimaa Abd El-Aal .

Fall prevention

  Egyptian patient safety standard – PS 9
     
يتم تقييم إحتمال خطر سقوط كل مريض، بما في ذلك الخطر المحتمل و المرتبط بعلاج المريض ويعاد هذا التقييم على فترات منتظمة.
  Egyptian patient safety standard – PS 10
     
يتم إتخاذ إجراءات لتقليل أي مخاطر محددة لسقوط المريض أو لمنعها.
  Fall prevention solution
    Fall prevention – SMS
    Fall prevention – care plan
  Fall risk assessment
    Morse scale
    STRATIFY scale
    Medication scale
    Delirium scale
  Patient and public education
    Educational leaflet
  Fall prevention audit tools
    For knowledge assessment
    For management assessment
    For frontline assessment
  Fall prevention slide show
    Fall prevention educational slide show
  Fall prevention team
    Eman El-Sonbaty, Eman El-Sayed, Nabil Dowidar, Taha Rady.