BM4008 Quality Assurance and Patients Safety Standards in Hospitals Syllabus:
BM4008 Quality Assurance and Patients Safety Standards in Hospitals Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide basic knowledge on the concept of Healthcare Quality management towards continuous improvement of patient care.
To make the students aware of the role of the biomedical engineer in hospitals, especially in the management of electrical supply, maintenance of electrical safety.
UNIT I STANDARDIZATION OF QUALITY MEDICAL CARE IN HOSPITALS
Define Quality- Need for Standardization & Quality Management, TQM in Health care organization-Quality assurance methods, QA in (Medical Imaging & Nuclear medicine) Diagnostic services – Classification of equipment
UNIT II REGULATORY REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH CARE
FDA regulations, Accreditation for hospitals – JCI, NABH and NABL, Other regulatory Codes.
UNIT III HOSPITAL SAFETY
Security & Safety of Hospital -Property, Staff & Patients, Radiation safety, Safety precautions, hazardous effects of radiation, allowed levels of radiation, ICRP regulations for radiation safety, Disposal of Biological waste.
UNIT IV ELECTRICAL & FIRE SAFETY
Sources of shocks, macro & micro shocks -Hazards, monitoring and interrupting the Operation from leakage current- Elements of fire, causes of fire, Action to be taken in case of fire in a Hospital
UNIT V ASSESSING QUALITY HEALTH CARE
Patient Safety Organization- Governmental & Independent, Measuring Quality care – Evaluation of hospital services – six sigma way, Quality Assurance in Hospitals Sop‘s – Patient Orientation for Total Patient Satisfaction. 5S technique
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
CO1: Understand the scope of Need and significance of quality practices in health care industry
CO2: Discuss the system of regulatory measures and accreditation
CO3: Differentiate the level of safety and security measures and significance
CO4: Understand the concepts of Electrical and Fire Safety Hazards Mitigations
CO5: Understand the assessing quality practices using tools
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. B.M.Sakharkar, Principles of Hospital Administration and Planning, JAYPEE Brothers, Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
2. Cesar A. Cacere & Albert Zana, The Practice of Clinical Engg. Academic Press, New Yark, 1977.
3. Joseph F Dyro “Clinical Engineering Handbook “ Elsevier Publishers,2004.
4. K.Shridhara Bhat, Quality Management, Himalaya Publishing House.
5. Karen Parsley, Karen Parsley Philomena Corrigan”Quality improvement in Healthcare, edition, Nelson Thrones Pub,2002
6. Sharon Myers “Patient Safety & Hospital Accreditation – A Model for Ensuring Success” Springer Publishers 2012