What is Regions Hospital Doing About Patient Safety?

Regions Hospital participates in a number of local and national programs designed to make sure the care you and your family receives is very safe.

The following are a few of the many steps Regions Hospital is taking to assure you receive reliable safe care:

• Your safety is central to every aspect within our hospital. It is the top priority at all levels of our organization.
• We have a patient safety committee in place to evaluate any safety concern brought up by staff, patients, or family members. The committee reviews each safety aspect and develops steps to make our hospital a safe place.
• All physicians, pharmacists and nurses at our hospital are board licensed and participate in continuing education.
• We follow the five rights of medication administration safety: right patient, right time, right medication, right dose, and right route. A board certified pharmacist reviews all medication orders before they are given.
• Before every surgery the entire team reviews the procedure to be done so that the correct surgery is performed on the right person and in the right area.
• Every time a health care professional administers a medication, conducts a test, or performs a treatment, two methods of identification are used to verify the correct patient.