Tag: Patient safety

  • Finland recommends stopping the use of radiation shields in X-ray examinations

    Finland recommends stopping the use of radiation shields in X-ray examinations

    During the last few decades, the radiation doses received by patients during X-ray procedures have decreased considerably. This reduction is due to advances in imaging technology and a better understanding of the effects and risks of radiation. Modern x-ray equipment requires significantly less radiation to produce diagnostic images, reducing the relative benefit of radiation shielding.…

  • In Finland, more than 9,000 patient accident reports are made each year

    In Finland, more than 9,000 patient accident reports are made each year

    It is important to note that these recent statistics do not provide the most recent data on patient injuries, as individuals have up to three years to file a report. Thus, the injuries repaired in 2023 may have occurred several years earlier. It takes several months to process one claim. When the patient has filed…

  • The study shows that surgery patient injuries have decreased in Finland

    The study shows that surgery patient injuries have decreased in Finland

    The quality of surgical procedures and patient safety can be assessed by measuring the frequency of patient injuries related to surgeries in relation to the number of surgeries performed. A registry study conducted in Finland concluded that the trend of patient injuries related to surgical procedures had decreased over the course of five years. Patient…

  • Most doctors are not aware of patient injury reporting processes in their workplace

    Most doctors are not aware of patient injury reporting processes in their workplace

    According to PVK’s remuneration manager Elina Muukkonen, healthcare professionals do not need to know when a patient injury may be eligible for compensation. If the patient suspects damage, he can seek help from the healthcare patient advocate, and the reporting process removes the issue from the daily life of the patient and the healthcare unit.…

  • The head of health urges Finns to reduce alcohol consumption as the shortage of healthcare personnel worsens

    The head of health urges Finns to reduce alcohol consumption as the shortage of healthcare personnel worsens

    The shortage of personnel in social and health care has worsened during the summer, when employers have not been able to recruit enough personnel to cover vacation trips. Markus HenrikssonThe director general of Valvira, the supervisory authority for the social and health sector, told Yle that the problems are "serious". "Normally, during the summer season,…

  • STT: Nurses could not afford another strike

    STT: Nurses could not afford another strike

    A protracted nurses ‘strike would have weighed heavily on the coffers of the nurses’ unions, Tehy and Super, STT said on Sunday, referring to documents from unions filed with the National Board of Patents and Registration. The financial situation of the unions is a strictly kept secret, but last year’s statements show that the unions…

  • Finnish nurses are ready to give up their profession, says Tehyn Rytkönen

    Finnish nurses are ready to give up their profession, says Tehyn Rytkönen

    Rytkönen revealed that nurses have expressed their readiness to relinquish the right to practice their profession from the Social and Health Inspectorate (Valvira). “To protect themselves specifically from a situation where a bailiff knocks on their door and forces them to act under threat of a fine.” Tehy and the Association of Nurses (Super) have…

  • Minister Lindén: Patient safety law on hold due to strike

    Minister Lindén: Patient safety law on hold due to strike

    According to the Minister of Family and Social Affairs, the controversial new law will not progress in Parliament, at least for the time being Who is Linden (SDP) because the planned strike by health workers has been postponed. "When there is no strike, there is no need for a law" Lindén said in an interview…

  • Minister: The Patient Safety Act will not be presented to the government

    Minister: The Patient Safety Act will not be presented to the government

    Minister for the Family and Social Affairs Who is Linden(SDP) said he has no plans to take the Patient Safety Act to the government as planned on Wednesday because the ongoing strike by healthcare workers will not extend to other areas. Enforcing the law would mean that public health managers could force striking workers to…

  • Dozens of health care workers are leaving their jobs, the authority says

    Dozens of health care workers are leaving their jobs, the authority says

    A record number of community nurses and other health care professionals are now demanding the abolition of their profession, the National Board of Health and Welfare (Valvira) says. The Authority has already granted 30 withdrawals, of which more than 20 are still pending. "In the past, we received about 20 applications in a full year,"…

  • HUS’s boss compares nurses’ strike to the war in Ukraine

    HUS’s boss compares nurses’ strike to the war in Ukraine

    Chief Physician of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) Markku Mäkijärvi raised his eyebrows on Thursday when he compared the nurses’ strike in Ukraine to the war in Ukraine. "I believe that the war in Ukraine can be compared to this situation," Mäkijärvi commented on the march that began on Friday morning in an…

  • The sex offender’s doctor’s clinic – about convicts who continue to receive patients

    The sex offender’s doctor’s clinic – about convicts who continue to receive patients

    A doctor is convicted of harassing two patients at his clinic. One of them is Alice, who is at the doctor’s to examine her toe: – I end up in total panic, and of course my heart goes very fast, because now I panic. A few months later, another woman enters the reception. We can…

  • FACTS: These measures are recommended in case of high local infection

    This means that there are now a number of measures that can be implemented if the infection in a municipality or a parish is high. The infection in a municipality is defined as high if there are 500 or more infected per 100,000 inhabitants and at least 20 cases of infection in the last seven…

  • SF: Pairing between inspections should stop busyness in hospitals

    The message comes after a new study, where a large number of doctors and nurses say that the pressure on hospitals in some cases goes beyond the patients. – We see some completely unreasonable conditions where it is not humanly possible to perform the tasks well enough. But we also listen to the staff warn…

  • Corona-critical physician comes under stricter supervision

    The corona-critical doctor Vibeke Manniche has been placed under stricter supervision by the Danish Agency for Patient Safety. Both Jyllands-Posten and BT write this on Sunday on the basis of the agency’s register. – It is the Agency’s assessment that there is a reasonable suspicion that doctor Vibeke Manniche may constitute a deterioration in safety…

  • Former doctor continues to provide help for suicide

    Former physician Svend Lings continues to advise on how to commit suicide. He does so, even though he has been convicted in both the city, county and Supreme Court for just that. He informs Kristeligt Dagblad that he is currently helping an elderly woman plan suicide. Svend Lings became known to the public in 2017…

  • On Wednesday, the country’s four closed parishes will reopen

    Since mid-April, the country’s municipalities have been forced to close, among other things, schools and leisure activities in parishes where the infection has reached a certain level. On Wednesday, however, the executive order that allows the automatic closure expires. Therefore, the country’s four closed parishes can reopen. It writes TV 2. Currently, there are four…

  • Vollsmose crosses the border with infection and closes off schools and culture

    Vollsmose Parish near Odense is the fourth parish in the country to be affected by closure as a result of widespread corona infection. This is stated in the daily monitoring statement from the Statens Serum Institut. The other closed parishes are Skelund in Mariagerfjord Municipality, Saltum in Jammerbugt Municipality and Astrup in Aarhus / Odder…

  • Board sends 8000 civil registration numbers sent out by mistake

    By accident, the Danish Agency for Patient Safety has sent a list of around 8000 social security numbers to 123 people. This is stated by the agency itself in a press release on Monday. The list contains only social security numbers – and therefore not names, addresses or other information that can be linked to…

  • The board sends out 8000 civil registration numbers by mistake

    By accident, the Danish Agency for Patient Safety has sent a list of around 8000 social security numbers to 123 people. This is stated by the agency itself in a press release on Monday. The list contains only social security numbers – and therefore not names, addresses or other information that can be linked to…

  • Three Delta-infected people from the European Championship match have probably been infected in the Park

    The three people do not know each other and they have sat in three different sections of the stadium. The board estimates that they have been infected during the fight. Therefore, the source of infection must originate from there. – The three infected people all independently point out that the place of infection has been…

  • 235 citizens are currently infected with the Delta variant

    – It is more contagious than the Alpha variant. We expect it to become the dominant variant in Denmark at some point, she says. She says that everyone should help keep the infection down by getting tested if they have symptoms. – Our strategy is to delay or delay the process so that we get…

  • Delta variant wins out while Denmark opens more

    Delta variant wins out while Denmark opens more

    However, she acknowledges that there may be more infected. – Theoretically yes, but then there are other things that are with us, the season and the weather and so on. So those things can offset each other. We are following the situation closely and are constantly considering the situation, she said at a press conference…

  • Jomfru Ane Gade reopens after 14 days of closure

    Jomfru Ane Gade reopens after 14 days of closure

    The activity in Jomfru Ane Gade in Aalborg has been non-existent for 14 days after the Danish Agency for Patient Safety closed the party street from 3 June. But now bars and pubs in the popular party street will once again be allowed to let guests in from on Thursday, writes TV2 Nord. It is…

  • Hørsholm encourages citizens to test after finding a variant

    Hørsholm encourages citizens to test after finding a variant

    Citizens of Hørsholm are encouraged by the municipality to be tested after infection with a special corona variant has been found. It writes TV 2 Lorry. The municipality’s mayor, Morten Slotved (K), tells the TV station that cases of the Brazilian variant have been found. The Danish Agency for Patient Safety cannot confirm this. Here,…

  • Hørsholm encourages citizens to test after finding a variant

    Citizens of Hørsholm are encouraged to be tested after finding a special corona variant. It writes TV 2 Lorry. The municipality’s mayor, Morten Slotved (K), tells the TV station that cases of the Brazilian variant have been found. However, the Danish Agency for Patient Safety could not confirm this on Monday. – We must get…

  • After seven months – ferry with Germans arrives in Bornholm

    After seven months – ferry with Germans arrives in Bornholm

    Bornholm’s mayor is happy, but he also has a little concern. – We are of course happy about that – there have been some discussions about whether German tourists should come, but we are happy, says Thomas Thors (S) who is mayor of Bornholm’s Regional Municipality. According to the mayor, the northern German states have…

  • 37 infected among participants in Brøndby festivities

    The board was out shortly after the festivities in Brøndby, where the football team Brøndby IF’s championship was celebrated, with an invitation to the participants. They had to make sure to be tested. – The Danish Agency for Patient Safety hopes that you, who participated in the football party at and around Brøndby Stadium yesterday,…

  • Several corona experts find their way to the Blue Book

    Several corona experts find their way to the Blue Book

    And thus, among the 147 new names in this year’s edition of the reference work, which will be published on Thursday, there will be a large number of professionals such as virologists, doctors, professors and directors from several agencies that many Danes know. Among other things, people who have appeared on the TV screens at…

  • Partying Brøndby fans are encouraged to be tested for corona

    Partying Brøndby fans are encouraged to be tested for corona

    If you are among the Brøndby fans who on Monday took part in celebrating the club’s championship at and around Brøndby Stadium, then you should be coronated. This is the call from the Danish Agency for Patient Safety on Tuesday on Twitter. – The Danish Agency for Patient Safety hopes that you, who participated in…

  • Gymnasium in Næstved closes after infection in 46 students

    From Saturday to and including Friday next week, Næstved Gymnasium and HF will be closed. This is due to a large outbreak of infection among high school students. It appears from a message on the high school’s website. – Everyone should be at home as long as the shutdown lasts. All teaching therefore turns into…

  • Despite the shortage, 1250 doctors are waiting in line to be approved

    Despite the shortage, 1250 doctors are waiting in line to be approved

    28 months. As a doctor from a country outside the EU, you can expect to have to wait that long before the Danish Agency for Patient Safety looks at your application for approval of your authorization in Denmark. Currently, 1250 foreign doctors are queuing up to have their applications processed. It writes Jyllands-Posten. The long…

  • Mexican coronavirus variant outbreak in North Zealand infects 67

    Mexican coronavirus variant outbreak in North Zealand infects 67

    Authorities have confirmed that about 50 people have been infected with the Mexican variant of coronavirus after eating in a restaurant in North Zealand, which has so far not been named in the media. It is further believed that they continued to infect 17 of their close contacts. Intensive detection of infection efforts has been…