Patients safety as practices of health care: a theoretical reflection on literature

Abstract

Objective: To analyze, from a theoretical reflection, the context of patient safety in health care. Method: This is a qualitative, descriptive study of the theoretical-reflective type developed from the narrative review approach with national and international scientific articles available in the LILACS, BDENF, SciELO and MEDLINE databases. Results: The concept of patient safety has evolved among health professionals, as well as in other areas of hospital health institutions, including senior leadership, which encourages the involvement of the institution as a whole. In Brazil, there is still a high incidence of the occurrence of adverse events that could be avoided. Conclusion: There is a need to expand investigations on adverse events at other levels of care regarding the adoption of strategies related to health safety patient needs to be better developed.