Identifying and preventing complications for patients in hospital

Redley, Bernice; Romaniuk, Helena

doi:10.5694/mja2.51433

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Older people and those who are frail or have chronic diseases are at particular risk of multiple complications

The 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) global safety goals1 include eliminating preventable hospital‐acquired complications occasioned by modifiable causes of harm.2 Despite efforts to achieve this aim, hospital patients still experience complications with alarming frequency.1,3 In Australia, one in four patients hospitalised for at least one night experience complications, about half of which are potentially preventable.3

1 Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Monash Health Partnership, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
2 Deakin University, Geelong, VIC

Correspondence: bernice.redley@monashhealth.org

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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