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Technical activities

These activities are mainly concerned with product safety and safe clinical practice:

WHO Patient Safety

  • Preventing bloodstream infections from central line venous catheters
  • Radiotherapy risk profile
    pdf, 686kb
  • Vincristine Sulphate (Learning from Error)
  • WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools

Other WHO Departments

  • Blood safety
  • Chemical safety
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  • Drug safety
  • Emergency and essential surgical care
  • Immunization safety
  • Infection prevention and control in health care
  • Injection safety
  • Making pregnancy safer
  • Medical devices and equipment
  • Nursing
  • Transplant safety

About us

Sir Liam Donaldson, WHO Envoy for Patient Safety
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  • About WHO Patient Safety
  • Main areas of work

Patient safety fact file

  • 10 facts on patient safety

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