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Preventing Complications in Hospital

Preventing Complications in Hospital

The prevention of hospital acquired complications across East Metropolitan Health Service is an integral part of safety and quality improvement.

Throughout this section we provide information relating to hospital acquired complications (complications that people acquire while being cared for in our healthcare facilities) and how we can work together to reduce your chances of developing a complication while in hospital.

  • Hospital-acquired complications People suffering from a medical condition receive best-practice care and treatment while in hospital.
  • Hospital-acquired complications – Falls To ensure no patient harm, EMHS is consistently working towards preventing all falls. To do so, EMHS staff conduct fall risk assessments on all appropriate patients.
  • Hospital-acquired complications – Pressure injury At EMHS we foster a culture that drives quality improvement, because of this, the EMHS overall pressure injury incidence rate is consistently better than the benchmark and continues to decrease.
  • Hospital-acquired complications – Medication complications EMHS constantly strives to reduce the rate of medication related incidents across all EMHS hospitals by fostering a culture that encourages ongoing quality improvement.
Last Updated: 16/05/2022
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