Patient safety is everyone's job

Abstract

Patient safety is a medical discipline that aims to prevent, as far as possible, unnecessary harm to patients’ health during the provision of health services. To achieve the above objective, joint participation through teamwork of all actors involved directly and indirectly in outpatient and hospital care at different levels of health care is necessary. Always encouraging the active participation of patients in the care they receive and involving their families to achieve safe, dignified health systems, with quality, warmth and, above all, responsive to the needs and problems of patients.