Click here to view and comment on the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)

2009 National Patient Safety Goals

Click on the links below to access the goals and renumbering by program.

• Ambulatory Health Care
• Behavioral Health Care
• Critical Access Hospital
• Disease-Specific Care
• Home Care
• Hospital
• Laboratory
• Long Term Care & Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based Long Term Care
• Office-Based Surgery

2009 Additional Resources

• 2009 FAQs about the NPSGs and the Universal Protocol - Updated 12/10/08
• Facts about the NPSGs - Updated 12/16/08
• 2009 NPSG PowerPoint Presentation
• Request for Review of an Alternative Approach to a National Patient Safety Goal Requirement 
• Easy-to-read versions of the  2009 NPSGs for the public

For more information, contact the Standards Interpretation Group at (630) 792-5900 or via the
online question form.         

Additional Resources

• Look-alike/sound-alike drug list  *
• Official "Do Not Use" Abbreviations List *
• Implementation Tips for Eliminating Dangerous Abbreviations
• Introduction to the NPSGs
• Compliance Data

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Past Goals

• 2008 NPSGs
• 2007 NPSGs
• 2006 NPSGs
• 2005 NPSGs
• 2004 NPSGs
• 2003 NPSGs