Impactos da acreditação hospitalar na segurança do paciente

Abstract

Accreditation is a voluntary evaluation method that aims to promote excellence in care, continuous improvement, quality and patient safety. In the context of healthcare, patient safety is one of the fundamental quality criteria. It is the ability of a service to prevent or mitigate harm resulting from the care provided, i.e. harm associated with healthcare. The Intensive Care Unit of a hospital is where the greatest number of procedures take place, which increases the interaction between patient-professional and professional-professional, consequently increasing the chances of errors occurring. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Surveillance Agency, carries out an annual assessment of adherence to patient safety practices in health institutions that have an Intensive Care Unit. As a result, the aim of this dissertation is to assess the impact of accreditation on patient safety in hospitals with Intensive Care Units, based on the Patient Safety Practices Self-Assessment Reports for 2021, 2022 and 2023. To this end, a simple linear regression analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between the number of establishments that have achieved high adherence to patient safety practices and the establishments that have quality certification. The services listed were checked for accreditation and, using simple regression analysis, a correlation was identified between hospitals with high adherence to patient safety practices and accredited hospitals, with a statistically significant correlation being observed.