Canadian Patient Safety Week- CPSW

For the Attention of Hospital CEOs, Chiefs of Staff, Chief Nursing Executives, Risk Managers, Directors of Patient Safety/Quality,
OHA Board of Directors and CACN Members

From Hilary Short, President and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Patient Safety Week

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute has declared October 20 to 27 as the 2006 Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW). The OHA is pleased to be collaborating with the Institute to promote this initiative.

Now in its second year, CPSW 2006 will focus on hand hygiene, and emphasize that cleaning hands well and often is a proven way to reduce the spread of infections in health care settings.

The OHA will be releasing a patient safety initiative booklet, entitled Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals during CPSW. The booklet highlights the great work that Ontario hospitals are doing to make their facilities safer.

Hospitals may wish to participate in this week by highlighting their:

If you have any questions about this Bulletin, the “Your Health Care – Be Involved” campaign or the patient safety booklet, please contact Sudha Kutty, at skutty@oha.com or 416-205-1415.

For more information on Canadian Patient Safety Week 2006, its theme of hand hygiene and how you can participate, please visit www.patientsafetyweek.ca