Risk management

Risk management is "an organised effort to identify, develop and reduce, wherever possible, risks to patients, visitors and staff".

The main objectives of risk management are :

• To improve the safety of people and property;
• Reduce avoidable risks;
• Limit the seriousness of the consequences of unavoidable accidents.

Vigilance measures form the basis of health safety at national level, as well as in our establishment.

They concern

• Haemovigilance: this is the system for monitoring the transfusion chain, the aim of which is to detect undesirable effects of labile blood products.
• Materiovigilance: the aim is to monitor incidents that may occur during the use of a medical device.
• Pharmacovigilance: this involves monitoring medicines and preventing the risk of adverse reactions resulting from their use.
• Reactovigilance: the purpose of this is to monitor incidents and risks of incidents resulting from the use of an in vitro diagnostic medical device.
• Identity vigilance: this involves checking the identity of patients.