A Consumer Reports poll found that 77 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern that they or someone in their family might be harmed by a hospital-acquired infection, according to a Safe Patient Project news release.
Other data from the poll include:
- 71 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern about being harmed by a medication error
- 65 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern about being harmed by a surgical error
- 79 percent of respondents thought hospital prevention of medical errors is ineffective
- 96 percent of respondents favored requiring hospitals to report medical errors to state health departments
- 82 percent of respondents favored hospitals making medical error records available to the public
Read the Safe Patient Project release on the poll of public concern about patient safety.
Read more coverage on infection control:
- Standardization, Education Drives Down CLABSI Rates
- Infection Outbreak at Alabama Hospitals Leads to 9 Patient Deaths
- Florida's All Children's Hospital Contacts Patients After Employee Dies From Infection
Other data from the poll include:
- 71 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern about being harmed by a medication error
- 65 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern about being harmed by a surgical error
- 79 percent of respondents thought hospital prevention of medical errors is ineffective
- 96 percent of respondents favored requiring hospitals to report medical errors to state health departments
- 82 percent of respondents favored hospitals making medical error records available to the public
Read the Safe Patient Project release on the poll of public concern about patient safety.
Read more coverage on infection control:
- Standardization, Education Drives Down CLABSI Rates
- Infection Outbreak at Alabama Hospitals Leads to 9 Patient Deaths
- Florida's All Children's Hospital Contacts Patients After Employee Dies From Infection
