Patient safety is a fundamental principle of quality highlighted in the global health agenda. It is  an essential requirement for establishing resilient health care systems that can meet people’s  needs by giving foundations of quality health care services.

Patient safety standards are a set of requirements that is critical for the establishment of a  patient safety programme at the hospital level. The requirements provide a framework that  enables hospitals to assess patient care from a patient safety perspective, build capacity of  staff in patient safety and involve consumers in improving health care safety.