2009 National Patient Safety Goals

Click on the links below to access the goals and renumbering by program.

• Ambulatory Care
• Behavioral Health Care
• Critical Access Hospital
• Disease-Specific Care
• Home Care
• Hospital
• Laboratory
• Long Term Care & Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based Long Term Care
• Office-Based Surgery

Additional Resources

• 2009 NPSG PowerPoint Presentation - New
• Easy-to-read versions of the  2009 NPSGs for the public

For more information, contact the Standards Interpretation Group at (630) 792-5900 or via the
online question form.         

2008 NPSGs

Additional 2008 Resources

• FAQs about the 2008 NPSGs (NEW - 6/24/08)
• Facts about the 2008 NPSGs
• Request for Review of an Alternative Approach to a National Patient Safety Goal Requirement 
• 2008 NPSG PowerPoint Presentation
• September 13, 2007 telephone conference call replay with Dr. Peter Angood.
• Easy-to-read versions of the NPSG for the public
  

Additional Resources

• FAQs about the 2007 NPSGs
• FAQs about the Universal Protocol
• Facts about the NPSGs
• Look-alike/sound-alike drug list  *
• Official "Do Not Use" Abbreviations List *
• Implementation Tips for Eliminating Dangerous Abbreviations
• Introduction to the NPSGs
• Compliance Data

Past Goals

• 2007 NPSGs
• 2006 NPSGs
• 2005 NPSGs
• 2004 NPSGs
• 2003 NPSGs

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