King Abdulaziz Hospital in Al-Ahsa wins the National Award for Patient Safety through the rapid intervention project for emergency caesarean sections

King Abdulaziz Hospital of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in Al-Ahsa won the National Award for Patient Safety in the Maternal and Newborn Safety Track, organized by the Saudi Center for Patient Safety, and under the patronage of the Minister of Health, Mr. Fahd bin Abdulrahman Al-Jalajil. The hospital achieved the award and was honored with the winners for their valuable participation in their submitted projects in the field of patient safety, this achievement confirms the remarkable strides reached by the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in the field of innovation and medical development.

The "Rapid Intervention for Emergency Caesarean Section" project, which came in the mother and newborn track, won the award for its excellence in this field, in which a team worked from the Department of Obstetrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Operations, Quality Management and Patient Safety. The project is based on the speedy transfer of the mother from the delivery room to the operations in less than two minutes, the team prepared an operating room equipped and ready all the time, to begin the caesarean section in record time and very quickly.

This quick procedure ensures that the incidence of any complications related to the delay in responding to such cases is reduced, which has a positive impact on saving the life of the mother and fetus at a very high rate. One of the organizers of the National Patient Safety Award. In its fourth edition, the award witnessed many participations from various categories in the health field, as the jury worked during the last period to sort the entries and nominate the last list of candidates for the National Patient Safety Award for 2021.

The Executive Director of Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard, His Excellency Dr. Bandar Al-Knawy, praised, "The great achievement made by this team, pointing out that the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs is proud of every achievement that aims at patient safety, and is keen on the highest quality standards." For those in charge of this project with this great award, and we hope that the awards, achievements and projects will continue to achieve the vision of the nation."

Honoring the winners comes in appreciation of their valuable participation in their projects in the field of patient safety. The award aims to identify successful and effective patient safety innovations, in order to enhance the organizational culture of health safety, to encourage these winning projects, to generalize their experience to all health care facilities and community organizations, and to improve the quality of health care in the Kingdom. The Director General of the Saudi Center for Patient Safety, Dr. Yasser bin Abdul Karim Al-Asgha said, "The aim of the award is not only to shed light on the distinguished projects that bear the characteristic of continuous positive progress in patient-centered health care, but also to motivate all health facilities in the Kingdom to reach safer health care standards for all."

This achievement comes in addition to the achievements of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, stressing that such projects, which reflect positively on the safety of patients, and achieve the highest levels of quality in the service provided to them, come among the priorities of work, and the rapid intervention team for emergency caesarean sections, achieved this equation, being Saving the life of the mother and fetus is done by racing against time, so the income was shortened in just two minutes, which was impressively reflected in saving their lives, and this shows the measurement indicators set by the team.