HospitalSafety.com is a privately-owned resource developed to help increase safety in the design, construction and operation of hospitals. A greater focus on hospital safety will lead to safer hospitals, which is in the interest of patients, staff and visitors. Greater emphasis on hospital safety leads to healthier and happier patients,  staff and visitors. By focusing on hospital safety, hospital planners and administrators can transform the hospital environment into an important component of the healing process.

98,000 Deaths Annually

An estimated 98,000 hospital deaths occur annually from medical errors.  These mistakes carry with them approximately $37.6 billion in additional charges, including $17 billion associated with preventable errors. While there have been many piecemeal approaches to patient safety, a total solution has remained elusive, in part due to the lack of standardized benchmarks for comparing the performance of healthcare professionals. USP 797 is a far-reaching regulation that governs a wide range of pharmacy policies and procedures. It is designed both to cut down on infections transmitted to patients through pharmaceutical products and to better protect staff working in pharmacies in the course of their exposure to pharmaceuticals.