Patient Safety Database: Patient safety quarterly report (January 2021)

Summary

The Patient Safety Database (PSD), previously called Anesthesia Safety Network, is committed in the delivery of better perioperative care. Its primary goal is to make visible the lack of reliability of healthcare and the absolute necessity to build a new system for improving patient safety. They have begun by developing an open and anonymous incident reporting system focused on non-technical skills.

Each quarter they summarise in their newsletter cases reported on the platform. Read the latest newsletter.

Content

Newsletters

May 2021
Contents:

• Editorial: 'A just restorative culture' (Wim van Wassenhove and Sidney Dekker)
• 'What is at stake for the ego, what are the risks for the patients?' (Anne Rocher)
• 'The mental rehearsal used by fighter pilots' (Pascal Berriot)
• 'Basic ergonomics, or how to make your life easier' (Guillaume Tirtiaux)
• Other topics: fatigue and decision making processes, new devices and reflex actions, preoccupation during surgical procedures.

January 2021
Contents:

• Editorial: 'Feedback : doing systemic analysis without clouding the issue' (Christian Morel)
• 'Drug administration: a systemic activity' (Claude Valot & François Jaulin)
• Other topics: teamwork and trust between health workers, lookalike medications, medication errors, severe acute asthma and situational awareness.