Processes

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1. What if psychiatrists reported all their mistakes to NASA? (2 April 2026)

   • Human error
   • Human factors
   • (and 6 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Human error
     • Human factors
     • User-centred design
     • LFPSE
     • Patient safety incident
     • Patient / family involvement
     • PALS
     • NRLS

   By Alex Mendelsohn, 13 April

   • 0 comments
   • 269 views
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   • Added by Alex Mendelsohn
   • 13 April

2. Design approaches for developing quality checklists in healthcare organizations: A scoping review (16 September 2025)

   • Checklists
   • Process redesign

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 March

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   • 205 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 12 March

3. More than a tick box: Medical checklist development, design, and use (January 2018)

   • Checklists
   • Process redesign
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Checklists
     • Process redesign
     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Surgery - General
     • Human factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 March

   • 0 comments
   • 178 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 3 March

4. Improving organisational post-merger patient safety metrics

   • Decision making
   • Work / environment factors
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Decision making
     • Work / environment factors
     • Software
     • Assessment
     • USA
     • UK

   By Kumar, 14 March, 2024

   • 1 comment
   • 1,429 views
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   • Comment by Jonathan
   • 14 March, 2024

5. Towards a framework to select techniques for error prediction: Supporting novice users in the healthcare sector (December 2008)

   • Root cause anaylsis
   • Staff support
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Root cause anaylsis
     • Staff support
     • After action review

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 18 December, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 741 views
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   • 18 December, 2022

6. PRSB - 111 referral standard (August 2022)

   • Transfer of care
   • Standards
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Standards
     • Patient
     • Information sharing
     • Communication

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 4 August, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 1,173 views
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   • 4 August, 2022

7. An uncharted safety gap: inconsistent access to home sharps disposal in the UK

   • Patient engagement
   • Diabetes
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Patient engagement
     • Diabetes
     • Adminstering medication
     • System safety
     • Flawed processes
     • Blood / blood products
     • Health and safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 March, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 2,792 views
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   • 15 March, 2022

8. The five principles of Weick & Sutcliffe, High Reliability Organizing (9 November 2020)

   • Communication
   • Personal reflection
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Communication
     • Personal reflection
     • Human factors
     • Creativity
     • Organisational Performance
     • Safety culture

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 October, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 5,628 views
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   • 11 October, 2021

9. Reducing intubation errors: A simple, accessible checklist to improve safety and support staff

   • Checklists
   • Anaesthesia
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Checklists
     • Anaesthesia
     • Medicine - Respiratory
     • Human factors

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 August, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 4,678 views
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   • 6 August, 2021

10. Whole system flow: From front door to front door

    • Staff engagement
    • Accident and Emergency
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Staff engagement
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Ambulance
      • Hospital ward
      • Safety process
      • Process redesign

    By Claire Cox, 3 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,483 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 3 July, 2020

11. A conversation with pathologist, Professor Peter Johnston

    • Pathology
    • Safety process
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Pathology
      • Safety process
      • Safety management
      • Safety culture
      • Human error
      • Latent error

    By Claire Cox, 10 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,678 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 10 March, 2020

12. Managing healthcare fire safety (updated April 2013)

    • Health and safety
    • Risk management
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health and safety
      • Risk management
      • Recommendations

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,345 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 1 January, 2020

13. Stroke VTE safety recommendations (February 2015)

    • Pregnancy
    • Stroke
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Pregnancy
      • Stroke
      • Risk management
      • Safety process

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,212 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 1 January, 2020

14. The emerging role of capnographic monitoring of ventilation during deeper levels of sedation (December 2018)

    • Monitoring
    • Dentist
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Monitoring
      • Dentist
      • Anxiety
      • Risk management

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,175 views
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    • 1 January, 2020

15. Developing a risk-assessment tool to improve patient safety (4 September 2008)

    • Nurse
    • Checklists
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Nurse
      • Checklists
      • Risk assessment
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 31 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,117 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 31 December, 2019

16. Improving handoff communications in critical care: utilizing simulation-based training toward process improvement in managing patient risk (July 2008)

    • Handover
    • Communication
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Handover
      • Communication
      • Risk management
      • Simulation

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 30 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,013 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 30 November, 2019

17. WHO: Communication during patient handovers (May 2007)

    • Communication
    • Handover
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Communication
      • Handover
      • Patient safety strategy

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 30 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 10,956 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 30 November, 2019

18. Can tech improve patient safety?

    • Tech UK
    • Digital health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Tech UK
      • Digital health
      • Transformation
      • Safety process
      • Software

    By Yesh, 2 October, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,492 views
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    • Added by Yesh
    • 2 October, 2019

19. NHS Improvement: Elective care pathway analyser (updated 10 April 2019)

    • Innovation
    • Process redesign
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Innovation
      • Process redesign
      • protocols and procedures
      • Safety process

    By Claire Cox, 13 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 3,395 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 September, 2019

20. Below Ten Thousand video

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Surgeon
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Surgeon
      • Surgery - General
      • Communication problems
      • Distractions/ interruptions

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,764 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 8 September, 2019

21. Using design for patient safety - NHS England

    • Process redesign
    • User-centred design
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Process redesign
      • User-centred design
      • Workspace design
      • Risk assessment

    By Claire Cox, 15 July, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,312 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 15 July, 2019

22. The AHSN Network. Sepsis: developing a regional pathway and a standardised language for deterioration

    • Care coordination
    • Care plan
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Care coordination
      • Care plan
      • Safety culture
      • Process redesign
      • Policies
      • Sepsis

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 June, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,675 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 26 June, 2019