World Patient Safety Day 2022: Current Theme, Slogan, History, Objectives and Celebration - KV DAPPAR LIBRARY

 It is observed on September 17 to create understanding globally

 about patient safety, increase public engagement in health care safety, etc. 

Every person around the world will, at some point in their life, take

 medications to prevent or treat illness. However, medications

 sometimes cause serious harm if incorrectly stored, prescribed, 

dispensed, administered or if monitored insufficiently.

Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading

 cause of avoidable harm in health care across the world.

 Medication errors occur when weak medication systems and

 human factors such as fatigue, poor environmental conditions

 or staff shortages affect the safety of the medication use process. 

This can result in severe patient harm, disability and even death.

 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has significantly exacerbated

 the risk of medication errors and associated medication-related 

harm. It is in this context that ‘Medication Safety’ has been 

selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, 

with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’.

The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the 

WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm

 launched by WHO in 2017. The campaign calls on stakeholders

 to prioritize and take early action in key areas associated with 

significant patient harm due to unsafe medication practices. 

These include high-risk situations, transitions of care, 

polypharmacy (concurrent use of multiple medications)

 and look-alike, sound-alike medications. The campaign will

 provide a special focus on the implications of the COVID-19

 pandemic for medication safety, considering the serious 

disruption in the provision of health services. 

World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days.

 It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health 

Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – 

“Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to 

increase public awareness and engagement, enhance 

global understanding, and work towards global solidarity 

and action by Member States to enhance patient safety and 

reduce patient harm.

Objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2022:

1. RAISE global awareness of the high burden of medication-related
2.  harm due to medication errors and unsafe practices, and 
3. ADVOCATE urgent action to improve medication safety.
4. ENGAGE key stakeholders and partners in the efforts to 
5. prevent medication errors and reduce medication-related harm.
6. EMPOWER patients and families to be actively involved in the 
7. safe use of medication.
8. SCALE UP implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety 
9. Challenge: Medication Without Harm.

Commemorating World Patient Safety Day 2022

To observe the day, WHO is organizing a series of webinars

 on medication safety and is producing a number of medication 

safety solutions and technical products in 2022. On and around 

17 September 2022, WHO will organize a wide range of 

activities and host a global virtual event. Celebrations will 

include lighting up of Geneva’s Jet d’Eau in orange colour.

 Member States and partners are invited to participate in 

the global campaign by pledging to implement the

WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm, 

organizing activities, holding events and lighting up iconic 

monuments in orange in support of medication safety.

SOURCE - 

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/09/17/default-calendar/world-patient-safety-day-2022

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