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1. A dropped instrument, washed in theatre and immediately reused: a story from a theatre nurse

   • Anaesthetist
   • Patient
   • (and 9 more)

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     • Anaesthetist
     • Patient
     • Surgeon
     • Nurse
     • Behaviour
     • Documentation
     • Health and safety
     • Accountability
     • Duty of Candour
     • Culture of fear
     • Safety assessment

   By Anonymous, 15 November, 2019

   • 10 comments
   • 6,214 views
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   • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
   • 29 November, 2019

2. A personal view of the harmful effects of diathermy smoke

   • Operating theatre / recovery
   • Health education
   • (and 9 more)

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     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Health education
     • Health and safety
     • Medical device / equipment
     • Health hazards
     • Knowledge issue
     • Accountability
     • Organisational development
     • Safety assessment
     • Risk assessment
     • Organisational culture

   By Kathy Nabbie, 19 November, 2019

   • 2 comments
   • 2,311 views
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   • Comment by Kathy Nabbie
   • 1 December, 2019

3. My experience of speaking up as a healthcare assistant in a care home

   • Care home
   • Care home staff
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Care home
     • Care home staff
     • Behaviour
     • Bullying
     • Speaking up
     • Safety behaviour

   By Anonymous, 13 January, 2020

   • 2 comments
   • 3,325 views
   • 
   • Comment by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 13 January, 2020

4. My thoughts on the Paterson Inquiry: a blog from a scrub theatre nurse

   • Leadership
   • Culture of fear
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Leadership
     • Culture of fear
     • Bullying
     • Whistleblowing
     • Speaking up
     • Organisational culture

   By Anonymous, 10 February, 2020

   • 2 comments
   • 1,835 views
   • 
   • Comment by HelenH
   • 10 February, 2020

5. Patient referrals and waiting lists: A ticking time bomb

   • Reporting
   • Organisational learning
   • (and 11 more)

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     • Reporting
     • Organisational learning
     • Clinical governance
     • Human factors
     • Staff factors
     • Lack of resources
     • Pandemic
     • Secondary impact
     • Organisational culture
     • Investigation
     • Patient safety incident
     • Root cause anaylsis
     • Long waiting list

   By Jerome P, 16 February, 2021

   • 1 comment
   • 3,076 views
   • 
   • Comment by Steve Turner
   • 16 February, 2021

6. Acute Kidney Injury - Podcast

   • Doctor
   • Screening
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Doctor
     • Screening
     • Reports / results
     • Tests / investigations
     • Medicine - Renal
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Young Adult

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 June, 2019

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

7. What are the signs of sepsis? Interview with Dr Chris Steele on This Morning

   • Service user
   • Patient
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Service user
     • Patient
     • Training

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 June, 2019

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

8. Critical care by the roadside. How human factors can assist

   • Ambulance
   • AHP
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Ambulance
     • AHP
     • Anaesthetist
     • Doctor
     • Paramedic
     • Treatment
     • Emergency medicine

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 June, 2019

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

9. Oxford University surgical lectures: Retained swabs

   • Operating theatre / recovery
   • Nurse
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Nurse
     • Doctor
     • Surgeon
     • Patient harmed
     • Additional treatment / tests
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Young Adult

   By Claire Cox, 3 August, 2019

   • 0 comments
   • 748 views
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   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 3 August, 2019

10. I'm a mental health nurse. There are no good decisions, only least bad ones (November 2019)

    • Nurse
    • Mental health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 742 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 12 November, 2019

11. Even a doctor can't keep his father safe in the hospital (April 2013)

    • Patient safety incident
    • Near miss
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient safety incident
      • Near miss
      • Risk management
      • Human error
      • Patient / family involvement

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 9 October, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 685 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 9 October, 2019

12. Educational tales … gastroenteritis that wasn’t (or, the day the hoofbeats were zebra)

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Patient death
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Accident and Emergency
      • Patient death
      • Confirmation bias
      • Decision making
      • Recommendations
      • Medicine - Gastreoenterology

    By Claire Cox, 9 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,216 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 9 December, 2019

13. It's not perfection, but humanity that patients need: a short talk by Dr Poorman

    • Doctor
    • Second victim
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Second victim
      • Patient harmed
      • Just Culture
      • Culture of fear
      • Speaking up

    By Claire Cox, 22 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 922 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 22 January, 2020

14. Post mortem of a career (March 2019)

    • Bullying
    • Speaking up
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Bullying
      • Speaking up
      • Doctor
      • Anaesthetist
      • Training

    By Claire Cox, 4 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,323 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 4 January, 2020

15. Supporting patients who are resistant to mouth care

    • Care goals
    • Patient / family support
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Care goals
      • Patient / family support
      • Quality improvement

    By Claire Cox, 4 August, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 604 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 4 August, 2020