"Never Again” | How a Medical Error led to Mike Armstrong’s Passion for Patient Safety

[@donnyreiss1180]

i am so glad u made it u r a fighter & a survivor

[@timdarr8008]

I love the idea of holding people accountable for their actions. I am in the medical field and I want to learn every day so that these types of mistakes do not occur. We must have a checks and balances system so we can stop these deadly mistakes from happening.

[@ayiamulordson3737]

Ensuring patient safety isn’t much about blaming people nor looking out for someone who made a mistake to punish, as it is about learning more about how the errors occur in order to learn from them. It isn’t so much about putting fear of holding people accountable of their errors. It’s about creating the conducive environment where professionals and practitioners can freely and voluntarily, with fear of punishment nor intimidation, reports their own errors either to stop the harm from occurring if it has not already reached the patient, or inform patient and investigate harms so as to learn from them. There is so much evidence that the approach of just holding people accountable doesn’t stop patient safety events, but rather enhance it, without the opportunity to also learn from them. It’s a long journey, but we trust to get there. MR. Armstrong, thank you for your kind investment. It’s touching lives of millions home and abroad. God bless you, and all yours.

[@zisisstip49]

Do drs want or are allowed to reduce HAI? Is it a reason for hospital suing? CDC admits they don't know the role of fecal dust in environment contamination in hospitals, from poop residue, following wiping. This means it could play. Hospitals don't apply any measure to prevent that residue coming out from toilet and going into the ward. A patient who catches up a HAI, could sue the hospital for neglect?

[@timdarr8008]

I love the idea of holding people accountable for their actions. I am in the medical field and I want to learn every day so that these types of mistakes do not occur. We must have a checks and balances system so we can stop these deadly mistakes from happening.