{"id":845,"date":"2011-09-06T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/v2\/?page_id=845"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:54:08","slug":"quality-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=845","title":{"rendered":"Quality &#038; Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"845\" class=\"elementor elementor-845\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1693d8f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1693d8f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dbf640e\" data-id=\"5dbf640e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c9745e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27c9745e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patients and their relatives need to be provided with clear information. Therefore, a process to collate and disseminate comprehensive information to assist patients in making an informed decision regarding their choice of healthcare need to be put in place.<\/p><p>Every tenth patient in EU hospitals suffers from preventable harm. A substantial number of these adverse events are preventable. Effective interventions can reduce their impact on morbidity and mortality.<\/p><h4>Quality &amp; Safety<\/h4><h6>Dementia<\/h6><ul><li><a title=\"October 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Dementia-Care-Final-Oct.-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"October 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Paper-on-Dementia-Care-Final-Oct.2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Paper <\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Nursing Criteria for Excellence Centres<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Statement-on-Nursing-Criteria-for-Excellence-Centres-final122011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Continuity of Care<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Continuity-of-Care-Final-102011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Statement-on-Continuity-of-Care-Final-102011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement <\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Quality &amp; Safety Standards<\/h6><ul><li><a title=\"Quality &amp; Safety\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-EU-Quality-and-Safety-Standards-EN-final102009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"Quality &amp; Safety\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Statement-on-EU-Quality-and-Safety-Standards-EN-final102009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Council Recommendations on Patient Safety and HCAI<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFNPolicyStatementonCouncilRecommendationsonPatientSafetyandHCAI-EN-final042009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFNPositionStatementonCouncilRecommendationsonPatientSafetyandHCAI-EN-final042009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Informed Patient<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPolicyStatementonInformedPatient-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPositionStatementonInformedPatient-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Patient Safety<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPolicyStatementonPatientSafety-EN-finalrev092007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPositionStatementonPatientSafety-EN-finalrev092007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Luxembourg Declaration on Patient Safety<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/LuxembourgDeclarationFinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View this document<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients and their relatives need to be provided with clear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12377,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=12377","url_meta":{"origin":845,"position":0},"title":"EU Vaccination Campaign","author":"efn efn","date":"April 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Vaccination features high on the agenda of the European Institutions as well as at the level of individual countries and healthcare authorities. 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