Do you have a 'good catch' reporting system?

"One of the best examples I saw involved a case in which a worker was about to move a vehicle and trailer. The keys were in the ignition, but before starting the vehicle, he decided to perform a walkaround and discovered a mechanic was working underneath the trailer. Together, they agreed to take the keys out of the ignition and established a tagging system to ensure nobody else would inadvertently move the equipment while it was being worked on."[1]

According to this article by Safety Management Group, just like near-miss reporting, a formal good catch program promotes reporting and learning while providing important metrics that can be tracked and trended over time. It turns an organisation's safety philosophy into a clear reality.

Do you use a 'good catch' reporting system in your health and social care setting? Has it made a difference to safety culture or behaviour? How easy was it to implement? Do you recognise and/or celebrate staff for reporting incidents? 

Or perhaps this is something you'd like to implement. What would you like to ask others who have tried it? 

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Related reading:

• Near-Miss and Good-Catch Reporting
• Promote a culture of safety with good catch reports
• Using good catches to increase worker ownership of safety
• 5 Examples of good catches in healthcare and how to implement a near miss campaign

 

[1] SMB. Using good catches to increase worker ownership of safety. Accessed online 9/08/23. 

I have recently introduced our integrated quality report that pulls together all quality streams from all services (Primary Care) I always want to share positive feedback and what has worked well. In the integrated quality report I have introduced sections where we celebrate good practice. 

Hi @Ian Fearnley we'd love to hear more about the project and if you are happy to share your learning and findings? You can get in touch with us at [email protected] with more detail if you would like help sharing your work via the hub.

Morning

Happy to share what I have introduced. I will pull something together and share with you.

Ian 😀

 

Hi @Ian Fearnley that would be great. If you would like to write a blog about the project, our guide can be found here:

Guide to writing a blog - Patient Safety Learning - the hub

If you prefer to share the report with just a few sentences to introduce it, we can do it like that too.