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Here is some sample content from Patient Safety Plan:

	PURPOSE: The purpose of the Organizational Patient Safety Plan at Facility is to improve patient safety and reduce risk to patients through an environment that encourages: Recognition and acknowledgment of risks to patient safety and medical/health care errors; The initiation of actions to reduce these risks; The internal reporting of what has been found and the actions taken; A focus on processes and systems; Minimization of individual blame or retribution for involvement in a medical/health care error; Organizational learning about medical/health care errors; Support of the sharing...
Second excerpt:
	...organizational policy such as the Sentinel Event Policy and/or the Safety Committee will determine the organizational response to medical/health care errors and occurrences. All sentinel events and near miss occurrences will have a root cause analysis conducted. The determination of the Safety Committee members, based on internal and external data analysis and prioritizing of patient safety criticality, will determine: Further remedial action activities necessary for identified...