COOPERATION OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND MEDICAL PRACTICE IN FORMING A CULTURE OF SAFETY IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

Abstract

Introduction. The purpose of the publication was to analyze the results of our activities to improve the safety culture in the medical field and assess the impact of these developments on domestic medical practice.

Methods. In the course of the work, we used our previous thematic publications, methodological developments, regulatory framework and reporting materials of central state authorities on security issues in health care of Ukraine.

Results. We have established that safety issues in the domestic health care system are extremely relevant in medical and socio-economic terms. They demand urgent intervention from the state. In particular, we have comprehensively assessed the state of safety culture in the domestic health care system and generally recognized its reactive nature. In the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, certain attempts have been made to develop a safety culture only in a separate direction (the culture of observing hand hygiene), while this approach does not cover other non-specific problems that exist in health care facilities.

Conclutions. The only way to begin irreversible progress towards building a safe hospital environment is through the close cooperation of medical management, the medical community, and medical science.

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