NABH Basics

Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm.

Hospital acquired infection is also called Nosocomial infection or Healthcare-associated infections.

Sample Collection usually takes place in your doctor’s room or in a testing laboratory collection centre where there are trained spicemen collectors (phlebotomists).

Pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”.

High risk medication is drugs that bear heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error. Consequences of an error with these medications are clearly devastating to patients.

The comprehensive management of physical, physiological, social, spiritual, essential needs of patient in particular those with incurable, progressive illness by a interdisciplinary team with the goal of improving the quality of life and achieving good death.

Consent shall be taken in written with patients / relative’s signature at the time of admission and implied consent at the time of registration.

Code Red is the term used to describe an emergency due to fire within the hospital. A code red is announced by Customer Care. An announcement of code red may result in a hospital evacuation.

(A) Components of blood.
(B) How to transfuse blood and its procedure steps ?
(C) Blood transfusion reactions.

BIOMEDICAL WASTE is generated from biological and medical sources and activities, such as the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases.