The hospital Board is committed to a quality and safety optimisation approach for the services it provides to its users.
To this end, it has defined a Quality Control and Risk Management improvement program with input from its staff and a number of specialised commissions.
Its main mission is to guarantee patient / visitor rights and facilitate administrative procedures.
Its role is to evaluate and assess claims and complaints made by patients or members of their families as well as to be involved in the establishment’s policies regarding patient admissions and the quality of the services provided to patients and their families.
The CHRI is in charge of hospital hygiene, its mission is to implement a hygiene policy and preventive measures to minimise the risk of infection within the hospital.
A consulting body with the aim of making the dietary treatment of patients a medical matter.
The CLAN applies a transversal, interservice and interprofessional approach that combines input from the hospital’s care-professionals (doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants), catering staff and management.
The mission of the CLAN is to:
- validate the dietary services proposed by the establishment,
- propose actions that will improve the evaluation of the current dietary conditions of patients in order to adjust their diets more effectively,
- encourage public health awareness campaigns,
- improve existing dietary and nutrition policies.
Its role is to coordinate all pain management actions within the establishment. Its mission is not to treat pain directly since this falls under the responsibility of the patient care and specialised pain treatment services.
The CME represents the hospital’s medical body in their dealings with the hospital’s board of directors and general management.
It is made up of elected and de facto members (the department heads).
It is generally consulted regarding matters of medical policy and departmental organisation.
This commission is charged with making recommendations regarding the prescription and correct use of medication and medical devices as well as related malpractice issues.
Risk management is a pragmatic and effective approach to identifying major dysfunctions in order to correct and prevent any occurrences of incidents and accidents.
This committee is charges with improving the safety of patients receiving blood transfusions; it supervises the implementation of haemovigilence procedures and rules (blood and blood products).
The GRES was created in 2007, its general objective is to communicate a state of mind where the patient is placed at the centre of treatment procedures to all involved parties. It also has the more practical objective of helping to find the best ethical compromise for each difficult healthcare situation.
Its activity is largely based on two-monthly meetings and working groups.
Patient / Visitors Commission (Commission Des Usagers – CDU)
Its main mission is to guarantee patient / visitor rights and facilitate administrative procedures. Its role is to evaluate and assess claims and complaints made by patients or members of their families as well as to be involved in the establishment’s policies regarding patient admissions and the quality of the services provided to patients and their families.
The Hospital’s Medical Body (Conférence Médicale d’Établissement -CME)
The CME represents the hospital’s medical body in their dealings with the hospital’s board of directors and general management. It is made up of elected and de facto members (the department heads). It is generally consulted regarding matters of medical policy and departmental organisation.
The Hygiene and Infectious Risks Committee (Comité d’Hygiène et des Risques Infectieux – CHRI)
The CHRI is in charge of hospital hygiene, its mission is to implement a hygiene policy and preventive measures to minimise the risk of infection within the hospital.
The Medication and Sterile Medical Devices Commission (Commission du Médicament et des Dispositifs Médicaux Stériles – COMEDIMS)
This commission is charged with making recommendations regarding the prescription and correct use of medication and medical devices as well as related malpractice issues.
The Transfusions and Haemovigilence Safety Committee (Comité de Sécurité Transfusionnelle et d’Hémovigilance – CSTH)
This committee is charges with improving the safety of patients receiving blood transfusions; it supervises the implementation of haemovigilence procedures and rules (blood and blood products).
The Health Safety, Risk Management and Vigilance Commission (Commission de Vigilance, de Gestion des Risques et de Sécurité Sanitaire – COVIGRISS)
Risk management is a pragmatic and effective approach to identifying major dysfunctions in order to correct and prevent any occurrences of incidents and accidents.
The Healthcare Ethics Think-tank (Groupe de Réflexion Éthique en Santé – GRES)
The GRES was created in 2007, its general objective is to communicate a state of mind where the patient is placed at the centre of treatment procedures to all involved parties. It also has the more practical objective of helping to find the best ethical compromise for each difficult healthcare situation. Its activity is largely based on two-monthly meetings and working groups.