Group IDs Top Patient Safety Concerns

Eight of 10 concerns tied to or made worse by pandemic

By By Dan Hounsell


Where do safety and security concerns lie in healthcare facilities? Potentially, everywhere, a situation only made more complex by the widespread upheavals arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ECRI, a non-profit, independent organization, lists the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2021, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. ECRI compiled the list based on an analysis of more than 4 million patient safety events collected in the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization database since 2009, along with expert opinions from a panel of internal and external patient safety leaders.

Eight of the 10 patient safety concerns relate to or have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization said. Among the safety concerns the group identified:

• emergency preparedness and response in aging services

• pandemic preparedness 

• supply chain interruptions.



March 19, 2021


Topic Area: Safety


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