Analysis of the Implementation of Patient Safety Targets at the Makassar City Regional General Hospital

The Patient Safety Goals (SKP) drive specific improvements in patient safety. These objectives highlight problematic areas of health care in a system implemented in hospitals to make patient care safer. This study aims to analyze the implementation of patient safety goals in Makassar City Hospital. This type of research is mixed methods research. The research uses a sequential explanatory strategy. The results showed that the implementation of patient safety targets based on the Hospital Patient Safety Target Standards (SNARS) at Makassar City Hospital has a good implementation of patient safety targets. The implementation of patient safety targets in terms of leadership in the Makassar City Regional General Hospital (RSUD), namely the awarding of awards has never been done, and supervision is carried out by looking at patient safety reports. In terms of human resources, training related to patient safety is still lacking and only during accreditation. Regarding policies, there are SOPs related to patient safety incidents and there is no clear sanction, only a warning. For teamwork, there is no availability of a patient safety team in the treatment room, only KMKP has a patient safety team. In addition, the implementation of patient safety goals in terms of communication, namely the existence of positive feedback given and followed up by the Patient Safety and Quality Committee (KMKP), as well as lack of socialization by KMKP, only at the time of accreditation.

Antibacterial Activity of Tetracycline Based Gold Nanoparticles

Recent interest in nanomedicine is justified, as synthetic antioxidants and antibiotics suffer from several drawbacks. These nanomedicines have been shown to possess health promoting properties, and they exert no selective physiological pressure on the pathogens that can result in development of drug resistance. Tetracycline stabilized gold nanoparticles (Tet-Au(0) NPs) were combined by using chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) with the assistance of tetracyclineby using a facile method. The Tet-Au(0) NPs were observed by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, which inveterate the formation of gold nanoparticles by stimulating the characteristic surface Plasmon absorption maxima at 515 nm. While the confirmation of bonding of specific tetracycline with gold metal exhibited, the formation of gold nanoparticles was verified by fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) confirmed the crystalline nature of synthesized Au (0) NPs.The standard condition employed for the optimization of this experiment. The effects of Tet-Au(0) NPs were checked on Salmonella typhimurium (S. typhimurium). Well diffusion method was used to check the antibacterial activity on S. typhimurium, and inhibition zone was measured in mm to check capability of the Tet-Au(0) NPs. The results were compared with standard tetracycline and gold ions. The antibacterial results revealed that newly synthesized (Tet-Ag(0) NPs) had a great remarkable activity against Salmonella typhimurium. These findings could pave the way for finding the changing behavior associated with other antibiotics after capping AuNPs or other metal nanoparticles and may be used against other resistant strains.