Cancer care has seen large successes in terms of increased survival rates and improvements in quality of life. However, despite these achievements, many patients suffer preventable harm from treatment. Studies of patient safety in cancer care have usually focused on chemotherapy safety and have been conducted in large centers. These studies reveal that errors are more frequent in more complex therapies and that about 1-3% of adult and pediatric patients are affected by chemotherapy errors 1.
Source: eonsmagazine Winter/Spring 2019
Author: Prof. Dr. David Schappach, Directeur recherche et développement, Directeur adjoint, Fondation sécurité des patients Suisse
