Metodologies and tools for the safety of the patient

Abstract

Enhencing the safety and quality of the attention improves the patient`s satisfaction towards health services, reduces costs and reduces mortality. The patients safety care, although not a new topic, needs to be kept adressing, methodology and tools implementation of risk management, as well as, to record data and achieved experiences. Very few scientific evidence gathered in Mexico provides a wide opportunity for nurse professionals to contribute through the implementation of risk management, research, and findings data storage for the developement of this profession as a science.