APS' multidisciplinary working groups develop recommendations for patient safety activities in in- and outpatient healthcare institutions.
APS collaborates with professional and consumer associations, with societies, insurance organizations, self-governmental bodies, and research institutions.
Recommendation for preventing wrong site surgery Based on international protocols four actions to prevent wrong-site surgery were defined: (1) asking the patient about his identity and the planned intervention, (2) marking the operation site with an indelible pen, (3) ensuring that the right patient is brought to the operating room, and (4) a “team timeout” of the operating team immediately before the intervention.
Their purpose is to discover unsafe practices and to initiate safety measures before patients are harmed.
This provokes the incalculable risk of unwanted drug interactions and adverse events.