Patient Safety

As a patient, your safety is a top priority for members of your healthcare team. You can take a few simple precautions to help make sure this hospital stay is a safe one.

When you're in the hospital, you may be in a small room with a lot of equipment. The medication you take may make you lightheaded or dizzy. You may be weak or injured. All of these things make a fall more likely. So let's learn how to stay safe.

This injury, also called a pressure sore or bedsore, starts as an area of discoloration on the skin's surface. It can progress to form a lesion. Without proper care, a pressure ulcer can rapidly lead to a severe infection deep within the body.

When you spend long periods of time in a hospital bed, you are at risk for developing pressure ulcers. These injuries, also called pressure sores or bedsores, affect the skin and the soft tissue beneath the skin. They are caused by constant pressure.