IntroductionEnsuring patient safety is essential in today's healthcare system, but patient safety events that violate this safety are increasing each year. Only recently has the emphasis on patient safety been reinforced by a report prepared by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) titled “To Err is Human, Building a Safer Health System” (Wakefield and Iliffe, 2002). This report reveals that approx. -On average, 44,000 to 98,000 deaths occur each year due to medical errors and the majority were preventable. Deaths from medical errors exceed deaths from many other causes such as HIV infections, breast cancer and even motor vehicle accidents (Wakefield and Iliffe, 2002). After this IOM report, President Clinton established an interagency coordination task force with assistance from government agencies. These government agencies are responsible for developing healthcare policies regarding patient safety, which each HCO must adhere to (Schulman and Kim, 2000). Patient safety must be the health care system's first priority, and it is largely acceptable for unnecessary measures to be taken. damage to the patient must be controlled. Two million babies and mothers die every year from preventable medical errors worldwide due to pregnancy-related complications and there is a global increase in hospital-acquired infections, which almost amounts to 5-10% of total infections. admissions occurring in hospitals. (WHO Patient Safety Research, 2009). In total, 1.4 million patients are victims of nosocomial infections. (WHO Patient Safety Research, 2009). Unsafe infection practices lead to 1.3 million deaths and loss of 26 million lives, while adverse drug events increase in healthcare and 10% of total admitted patients face serious adverse drug events. (WHO Patient Safety Recommendation...... middle of document...... Qualified healthcare personnel are needed to maintain a safe healthcare environment. The most important part of the problem is to find the problem, and only then we can fix it.ConclusionIt is normal for a patient to be safe in a health care facility. The patient comes to the hospital to receive treatment so as not to contract another. disease Patient safety is the most important issue for healthcare organizations causing thousands of deaths and millions of dollars every year. We still need to accomplish many things to ensure a safe environment for patients in hospitals. Appropriate administrative changes are needed to keep the health care organization safe. , strong health policies and effective health care laws to make patients safer..