Patient Safety

House Bill 1614 requiring certain events to be reported to the department on an annual basis expired on September 1, 2007. Proposed changes to the Patient Safety Program Reporting Requirements sections of the licensing rules for General and Special Hospitals, Private Psychiatric Hospitals, Crisis Stabilization Units and Ambulatory Surgery Centers, are expected to follow in the next several months. In the meantime, effective immediately, facilities are no longer required to send a Patient Safety Annual Occurrence or Best Practices Report to the department. However, the department does encourage facilities to continue to comply with the Patient Safety Program requirements other than the Annual Occurrence and Best Practices reporting sections.

• Background Information and Error Reporting Legislation
• DSHS Annual Occurrence and Best Practice Report for 2005 PDF 45KB
• DSHS Annual Occurrence and Best Practice Report for 2006 PDF 44KB
• DSHS Annual Occurrence and Best Practice Report for 2007 PDF 20KB
• Patient Safety Links
• Patient Safety Program Requirements
• Patient Safety Training Aids
• Questions and Answers
• Recommendations About Missing Infants

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Last Updated May 15, 2008