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African Partnerships for Patient Safety

Global priorities for patient safety research

English [pdf 1.05MB]
Analysing and presenting priority areas for patient safety research in developing, transitional and developed countries.

WHO surgical safety checklist, Implementation manual, and WHO guidelines for safe surgery

The checklist and manual are available in 6 languages.

Safe surgery tools and resources

Guide to implementation of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy

This key tool provides comprehensive advice on how to develop an effective hand hygiene improvement action plan and how to use the other tools available. Revised August 2009.

WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools

The Guide aims to encourage and facilitate the teaching of patient safety topics to medical students.

Radiotherapy Risk Profile

English
pdf, 686kb
There have been increasing reports of harm to patients caused by radiotherapy worldwide over recent years. This resource sets out where in the process harm occurs and identifies standardised safety interventions that could reduce harm to patients receiving radiotherapy.

Safe Surgery Saves Lives Brochure

Advocacy document setting out the background to Safe Surgery Saves Lives.

Learning from Error

Booklet and video in 6 languages explores how multiple weaknesses present within the health-care system can lead to error and helps you gain an insight into the underlying causes of such events.