Patient Safety

Learn what you can do to help remain safe and and avoid medical complications while you are in the hospital.

As a patient, your safety is a top priority for members of your healthcare team. You can take a few simple precautions to help make sure this hospital stay is a safe one.

Learn about wristbands in the hospital and why they are important for your safety and health.

Watch how you can help reduce the risk of mistakes in your personal identification badges, medications, and treatments.

This video explains why most healthcare providers will ask for your name and birthdate a lot during your hospital stay.

Watch this video to understand why a procedure site will be marked as part of pre-op and that you must confirm it is correct.

Unfamiliar hospital environments, medications that may be new, having just given birth, or dealing with a medical condition that may make them weak or unsteady are all reasons why patients might be considered at risk for falling in the hospital. Learn how healthcare facilities decide if someone is a fall risk, the steps that may be taken to prevent falls and some tips that patients can follow to keep themselves safe while they are in the hospital.

Watch this to learn tips to lessen your risk for falling in the hospital.

This video explains why it's important to ask for help when getting out of bed while you are in the hospital.

When you're in the hospital, you may be in a small room with a lot of equipment. The medication you take may make you lightheaded or dizzy. You may be weak or injured. All of these things make a fall more likely. So let's learn how to stay safe.

Watch this video to learn how to prevent falls in the hospital for younger patients.

Watch this video for a checklist of how to reduce your risk of falls while in the hospital.

Watch this video to learn common precautions you can take to help prevent falls and keep you safe during your at-home recovery.

Know when to call your doctor while you continue your at-home recovery.

Heading home from the hospital soon? As you recover, you are at greater risk for falling and injuring yourself. Watch this important program to learn how to make your home a safe environment.

This injury, also called a pressure sore or bedsore, starts as an area of discoloration on the skin's surface. It can progress to form a lesion. Without proper care, a pressure ulcer can rapidly lead to a severe infection deep within the body.

See the common strategies used in the hospital for preventing pressure injuries.

When you spend long periods of time in a hospital bed, you are at risk for developing pressure ulcers. These injuries, also called pressure sores or bedsores, affect the skin and the soft tissue beneath the skin. They are caused by constant pressure.

Watch how pressure injuries are treated and monitored for possible infection.

Pressure ulcers, also called pressure sores or bedsores, are injuries that begin on the surface of the skin. They can be a problem for people who use wheelchairs, and for people who are hospitalized. Pressure ulcers start as simple sores, but they can rapidly become severely infected.