National Patient Safety Awareness Week, held March 6 - 12, will feature two "Room of Errors."

The week, which focuses on strengthening the collaboration among patients, families, and health care providers, offers many special events. One of the main events will be the two 'Room of Errors' that will resemble patient rooms, but be filled with errors. Staff is encouraged to visit the rooms, sign in and write down all of the errors they recognize. There will be prizes for correctly recognizing these errors.

The rooms will be open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 7 and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Room 3037, ART and Room 241-B, university hospital. The purpose is promoting education and awareness of health care safety.

The start of National Patient Safety Awareness Week began with two pizza parties for two units that entered the "Wins for Patient Safety." These units submitted their patient safety programs that have been successful. GI medicine and Surgery clinics were chosen for their programs.

There will be tables set up in the lobbies of Ashley iver Tower (ART), Rutledge Tower, and the university hospital with goodies, information packets, and educational activities for patients and staff. MUSC is partnering with the National Patient Safety Foundation to celebrate this week.

For more information, visit the patient safety website at http://www.npsf.org/.