Thread by @WHO

Media briefing on #WorldPatientSafetyDay with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/cjG3kDI2MTAy…

"I would like to start by welcoming the Right Honourable @Jeremy_Hunt, Chair of the @UKParliament’s Health and Social Care Select Committee, and Mr @GuyRyder, Director-General of the @ilo"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"For thousands of years, medicine has operated on a simple principle: primum non nocere – first do no harm.

That principle is as true today as in the time of Hippocrates. No one should be harmed while seeking care"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"But unfortunately, we know this is not the case.

Every second of every hour, in every day of every year, patients are harmed all over the 🌍 because of unsafe care.

1 in 10 people hospitalized 🌍 experience a safety failure or adverse event"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"One of the keys to keeping patients safe is keeping #healthworkers safe.

The #COVID19 pandemic has reminded all of us of the vital role health workers play to relieve suffering and save lives"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"We all owe #healthworkers an enormous debt – not just because they have cared for the sick. But because they risk their own lives in the line of duty"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"Globally, around 14% of #COVID19 cases reported to WHO are among #healthworkers, and in some countries it’s as much as 35%, although data are limited and it’s hard to know whether health workers are infected in their workplaces or communities"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"It’s not just the risk of infection. Every day, #healthworkers are exposed to stress, burnout, stigma, discrimination and even violence"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

"That’s why this year, in the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, #WorldPatientSafetyDay is dedicated to the safety of #healthworkers.

Making sure health workers are safe, protected and well-prepared also protects the people they serve"-@DrTedros

"To mark #WorldPatientSafetyDay, WHO is launching a charter on health worker safety, which we invite all countries, hospitals, clinics and partners to adopt and implement"-@DrTedros

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"The charter is a call to action that asks countries and partners to commit to 5⃣ actions:

1⃣ Connect the dots between policies on #patientsafety ^ health worker safety

2⃣ Develop & implement national programmes for the occupational health & safety of #healthworkers"-@DrTedros

"3⃣ Protect #healthworkers from violence in the workplace

4⃣ Improve the #mentalhealth & psychological well-being of health workers

5⃣ Protect health workers from physical & biological hazards"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay
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"No country, hospital or clinic can keep its patients safe unless it keeps its #healthworkers safe.

Now more than ever, we have a duty to give health workers the safe working conditions, the training, the pay and the respect they deserve"-@DrTedros #WorldPatientSafetyDay

It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay

We can only keep patients safe when we keep health workers 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️ safe.

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#COVID19 has exposed health workers and their families to unprecedented levels of risk.

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay: speak up for #healthworker safety

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Health workers contribute to safe patient care by:
🏥 Building a safety culture at the workplace
🩺 Improving their knowledge of safety in health care
🤕 Engaging patients in their own care

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay: speak up for #healthworker safety

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Dear health workers 👩‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️:
Your own safety starts with you - take care of your physical and psychological health to protect your safety and that of the people you care for

#WorldPatientSafetyDay

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New WHO #HealthWorker safety charter calls for 5⃣ actions to better protect health workers and their patients.

#WorldPatientSafetyDay

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Safer care for you, starts with you:
💉 Enhance your knowledge about safety in health care
☝️ Raise safety concerns with your health providers
👩‍⚕️ Advocate for the safety & protection of health workers

#WorldPatientSafetyDay

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My mother died in the best hospital in NYC from a health care associated infection & subsequent #sepsis. The reason was because the staff were overworked, undercapacitated & not properly implementing infection prevention & control measures.
-@etkelley419

#WorldPatientSafetyDay

Frontline workers are working under immense pressure and they are extremely courageous. The least we can do is give them the tools, the training and the environment in which they can do their work at the safest possible level.
- @DrMikeRyan

#COVID19 #WorldPatientSafetyDay