Great strides made in Patient Safety, but much distance left to go
by Tonio Borg, European Commissioner for Health
Some 8-12% of EU hospital patients suffer unnecessarily from adverse events when hospitalised, and an estimated 4.1 million patients in the EU acquire a health-care associated infection each year, of which 37 000 will die.
A recent report on the implementation of the 2009 Council Recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections, shows how the Commission and EU countries have made significant progress in addressing the challenge of patient safety. Such cross-country knowledge about patient safety can provide input to policies at national and EU le
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Forthcoming events
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