“If healthcare was an airline, only dedicated risk takers, thrill seekers and those tired of living would fly on it.”peer ...
Judy, Edworthy+3 more
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Reducing risk of overdose with midazolam injection in adults: an evaluation of change in clinical practice to improve patient safety in England [PDF]
Rationale aims and objectives. This study sought to evaluate potential reductions in risk associated with midazolam injection, a sedating medication, following a United Kingdom National Patient Safety Alert.
Abeysekera1+15 more
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Changing medical student attitudes to patient safety: A multicentre study [PDF]
Background: Although patient safety is becoming widely taught in medical schools, its effect has been less rigorously evaluated. We describe a multicentre study to evaluate student changes in patient safety attitudes using a standardized instrument, the ...
Hu, Wendy+5 more
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Patient Safety Applications for Improving Health Care Quality [PDF]
Patient safety is the fundamental thing that needs to be taken care of by medical staff when giving healthcare to patient especially in the Emergency Installation.
Jatmika, S. E. (Septian)+1 more
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Patient safety competencies in undergraduate nursing students: a rapid evidence assessment [PDF]
Aims To identify patient safety competencies, and determine the clinical learning environments that facilitate the development of patient safety competencies in nursing students.
Bagnasco, Annamaria+8 more
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The Institute of Medicine's landmark report To Err Is Human drew attention to the large number of avoidable medical errors in the US health care system. Much of the response to the report was focused on hospitals, but safety concerns can arise in many settings.
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The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events [PDF]
Background: Patients in hospitals and nursing homes are at risk of the development of, often preventable, adverse events (AEs), which threaten patient safety.
Borm, George F.+6 more
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The patient safety story [PDF]
Investigating and improving patient safety in health care is now an international phenomenon. The establishment of the National Patient Safety Agency in the United Kingdom1 and of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in the United States2 are prime examples of the prominence given to safety within the wider concept of healthcare ...
Elwyn, G., Corrigan, J.M.
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'The big buzz': a qualitative study of how safe care is perceived, understood and improved in general practice [PDF]
Background: Exploring frontline staff perceptions of patient safety is important, because they largely determine how improvement interventions are understood and implemented. However, research evidence in this area is very limited.
Bowie, Paul+2 more
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Analysis of Patient Safety Management in Committee for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Sumbawa Hospital, West Nusa Tenggara [PDF]
Background: Patient safety is a crucial issue and a focus of policy standard in Internationally accredited organizations. The specific committee responsible for quality improvement in patient safety is the committee for quality improvement and patient ...
Joebagio, H. (Hermanu)+2 more
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