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oping/implementing SOPs to translate guidelines into simple Patient safety and quality improvement in health care remain a global priority. Subpar performance in health care, however, is still common more than a decade after the christening of patient safety in Africa. The core principle of safety a

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Book 2022a decade after the christening of patient safety in Africa. The core principle of safety and quality improvement systems is to identify and assess the root cause of failures in order to learn from them and devise a means to improve and to avoid recurrence. This book is designed to encourage, facilit

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Standard Operating Procedure,te evidence to achieve safe practice and the best outcomes for patients. Evidence-based practice helps to maintain high standards and employ scarce resources for care and services in a way which is cost effective. Consequently, innumerable guidelines have been produced in virtually all medical speci

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Audit,generated during clinical practice and service in a systematic and transparent way for review against agreed standards with the aim of identifying areas for improvement in the quality of care and service. This chapter is designed to equip and inspire medical and non-medical personnel at all levels,

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Quality Management, improvement in the quality of life of staff. It can also improve productivity, values and outcomes of care. Quality in health care with its dimensions is explained, and a healthcare quality management system with its four elements, namely quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and QI,

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Evaluation,ions. In this chapter, the purpose and types of evaluation are described. Evaluation of standard operating procedures, proposed in this book as one of the interventions for safety and quality improvement, is used to demonstrate how to design, plan, conduct and report evaluation to reinforce understa