ABSTRACT
In recent years patient safety has become an important issue because of a staggering number of deaths and injuries due to patient safety-related problems. For example, as per an Institute of Medicine report around 100,000 Americans die each year due to human errors in the health care system [1]. Today there are many patient safety organizations in various parts of the world that advocate improvement in patient safety. A patient safety organization may be described as a group, association, or institution that improves medical care by reducing the occurrence of medical errors.
