17/09/2025
World Patient Safety Day 2025: Patient Safety from the Start 🤍
Safe care should never depend on age – but for children, it matters even more. Their growing bodies, changing health needs and dependence on adults make them especially vulnerable to harm if care isn’t specifically adapted to them. 🧑🍼
This year’s World Patient Safety Day focuses on ensuring safe care for every newborn and child,
particularly those from birth to nine years old, to protect them from preventable harm and encourage the best possible health throughout childhood and beyond.
For those of us in health care, here’s how we can make a difference:
• Tailor care to the child: adjust for age, weight and development. Verify a child’s identity
before any intervention and check for allergies.
• Prevent harm: watch for the main causes of harm such as medication errors, health
care-associated infections and diagnostic errors.
• Act early: spot signs of deterioration. Respond promptly.
• Partner with parents and children: communicate clearly. Listen actively. Encourage
questions and involve them in the decision-making.
• Coordinate and learn: share information clearly across teams. Report incidents to
improve care and contribute towards improvement efforts.
Every shared decision we make today shapes a child’s future tomorrow. Let’s work together with
the parents, caregivers and health practitioners in our communities to make safe, child-centred
care a reality everywhere.
