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PATIENT SAFETY IS A COMPLEX ISSUE INVOLVING ALL MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM. BECAUSE “RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM IS FUNDAMENTAL TO IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY,PHYSIOTHERAPISTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF PATIENT SAFETY ON A DAILY BASIS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ROLE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT. THE PROFESSION MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ERROR IS INEVITABLE IF WE ARE TO FACILITATE A CULTURE OF IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ERROR RATHER THAN CASTING BLAME. FURTHER RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE PRESENT LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES ON THE PART OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, INCLUDING THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN PATIENT SAFETY. IN ADDITION, WE MUST COLLECT DATA AND IDENTIFY SOURCES OF ERROR AND ROOT CAUSES IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND OUTCOME OF ERROR AND MAKE APPROPRIATE PRACTICE CHANGES TO MITIGATE ERROR AND IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY.