World Patient Safety Day
Take Action to Demand Safe Care
Nine-year-old Alyssa Hemmelgarn was loved. She died from multiple errors — a hospital-acquired infection called C. diff, sepsis, typhlitis, and a failure to rescue. Read her story here.
Your Voice, Your Safe Care
Our campaign gives you a voice — in combination with the collective voices of the millions who believe we should all have access to safe care — to advocate for change.
What Can You Do?
It will take action every day leading up to September 17th, World Patient Safety Day, to build momentum.
We’ve outlined different ways you can take action, whether you’re a giver or a receiver of care, or someone who stands behind patient and health worker safety and the need for safe care for all.
Participate in one of our action campaigns below!
Sign Up for Info
We’ll send you information about updates to our #uniteforsafecare campaign, our virtual event and additional ways to get involved.
Make a Donation
Every dollar you donate helps us get closer to eliminating preventable patient harm and death.
Use #uniteforsafecare to Spread Awareness
A recent survey conducted by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation revealed that, surprisingly, 83% of Americans hadn’t heard anything about medical errors in their communities in the last year.
Whether you’re a new parent who has just learned about patient safety and wants to be able to advocate for your new baby or a seasoned ICU nurse, please share this information.
Translate the #hashtag to your own language, for example: #úneteporuncuidadoseguro in Spanish and #unispourlasécuritédessoins in French!
Medical errors are impacting our communities with very little visibility. We must raise awareness about how to improve patient and health worker safety.
Become a Supporter
Commit to doing at least one activity on or around World Patient Safety Day, in support of our campaign. Host a satellite event (download our guide here) and share the details w/ PSMF so they can list the activities on our Satellite Events calendar and map.
Wear Orange, the Official World Patient Safety Day Color
Wear orange on World Patient Safety Day. You can also support us by buying one of our campaign t-shirts or hats.
Light Up Orange
In order to maximize visibility, we encourage you to “light up” the week leading up and including World Patient Safety Day (Monday, September 13th through Friday, September 17th). Share pictures with us via social media or through our website.