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Fact: One of the primary responsibilities of health care workers is to check the identity of patients and match the correct patients with the correct care (e.g., laboratory results, specimens, procedures) before that care is administered http://www.who.int/patientsafety/solutions/patientsafety/PS-Solution2.pdf
Action: Thank your health care providers for asking! If they don’t, speak up.

Resource: Download tips for patients from the NPSF report Safety Is Personal, http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.npsf.org/resource/resmgr/Patients_Families/NPSF-LLI_WhatShdPatientsDo.pdf

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement salutes Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals for their generous support of this year's Patient Safety Awareness Week.

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) began working together as one organization in May 2017. The newly formed entity is committed to using its combined knowledge and resources to focus and energize the patient safety agenda in order to build systems of safety across the continuum of care. To learn more about our trainings, resources, and practical applications, visit ihi.org/PatientSafety