Patient safety in health and care

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1. Experience of learning from everyday work in daily safety huddles - a multi-method study (30 August 2022)

   • Communication
   • Teamwork
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Communication
     • Teamwork
     • Team culture
     • Information sharing
     • Sweden

   By Mark Hughes, Friday at 12:30

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   • 27 views
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   • Friday at 12:30

2. ‘A horrible winter lies ahead’: next PM will inherit an NHS on its knees (29 August 2022)

   • Long waiting list
   • Lack of resources
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Long waiting list
     • Lack of resources
     • Additional staff required
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Leadership

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 September

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   • 37 views
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   • 10 September

3. Nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia: A call to action (9 June 2021)

   • Pneumonia
   • Hospital ward
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Pneumonia
     • Hospital ward
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • USA
     • System safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September

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   • 88 views
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   • 1 September

4. Blog - Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Yet there is a simple way to stop it (12 July 2022)

   • Pneumonia
   • Healthcare associated infection
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Pneumonia
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • System safety
     • Hospital ward
     • Nurse
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September

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   • 48 views
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   • 1 September

5. The Korea national patient safety incidents inquiry survey: Characteristics of adverse events identified through medical records review in regional public hospitals (August 2022)

   • Asia
   • Patient safety incident
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Asia
     • Patient safety incident
     • Survey
     • Reporting
     • Data
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 August

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   • 30 August

6. What are the impending threats to the NHS this autumn? (Guardian, 9 August 2022)

   • Workforce management
   • Additional staff required
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Workforce management
     • Additional staff required
     • Long waiting list
     • Pandemic
     • Influenza / pneumonia
     • Accident and Emergency

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 August

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   • 44 views
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   • 29 August

7. Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies (17 August 2022)

   • Medicine - Respiratory
   • Surgery - General
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Medicine - Respiratory
     • Surgery - General
     • Human error
     • Medical device / equipment
     • Human factors
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient death
     • Anaesthesia
     • Anaesthetist

   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 August

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   • 128 views
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   • 19 August

8. Northern Ireland inpatient, day case and outpatient hospital statistics for 2021/22 (4 August 2022)

   • Northern Ireland
   • Outpatients
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Northern Ireland
     • Outpatients
     • Data
     • Appointment

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 August

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   • 53 views
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   • 8 August

9. Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation in adverse events among patients with pneumonia in the United States (31 May 2022)

   • Readmission
   • Pneumonia
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Readmission
     • Pneumonia
     • Patient safety incident
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 June

   • 0 comments
   • 159 views
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   • 29 June

10. University of Birmingham - Forecasting the NHS waiting list in England: 2022-30 (27 June 2022)

    • Long waiting list
    • Deterioration
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Deterioration
      • Research
      • England
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 June

    • 0 comments
    • 253 views
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    • 28 June

11. Blog - To improve safety, hospitals should make ‘radical transparency’ real — and accessible (20 May 2022)

    • Transparency
    • USA
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Transparency
      • USA
      • Communication
      • Patient engagement
      • Safety culture

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 May

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    • 675 views
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    • 24 May

12. Provisional publication of Never Events reported as occurring between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022

    • Never event
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Never event
      • Patient harmed
      • England
      • Patient safety incident
      • Medication
      • Falls

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 19 May

    • 0 comments
    • 999 views
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    • 19 May

13. Patient safety animation - patient perspectives (16 May 2022)

    • Hospital ward
    • Communication
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Hospital ward
      • Communication
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Patient
      • Patient engagement
      • Consent
      • Information sharing
      • Medication

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 May

    • 0 comments
    • 287 views
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    • 18 May

14. Nuffield Trust: NHS patients are more likely to die – it is right to ask why (6 May 2022)

    • Organisational Performance
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Organisational Performance
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Patient death

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 May

    • 0 comments
    • 191 views
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    • 13 May

15. An alternative European perspective (Roger Steer, February 2022)

    • Europe
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Europe
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Leadership
      • Healthcare
      • Social Care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 May

    • 0 comments
    • 29 views
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    • 8 May

16. Blog - 12 tips for communicating with deaf patients

    • Deafness
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Deafness
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Communication
      • Inclusivity

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 April

    • 0 comments
    • 180 views
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    • 29 April

17. The impact of the pandemic on vaccination programmes: a blog for World Immunisation Week

    • Vaccination
    • Medicine - Immunology
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Vaccination
      • Medicine - Immunology
      • Pandemic
      • Secondary impact
      • Children and Young People
      • Patient suffering
      • Medicine - Infectious disease

    By Becky T, 28 April

    • 0 comments
    • 350 views
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    • 28 April

18. Are all medical errors now crimes? The nurse Vaught verdict (13 April 2022)

    • Human error
    • Legal issue
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Human error
      • Legal issue
      • Criminal behaviour
      • Adminstering medication
      • Staff support
      • Nurse
      • Patient death
      • System safety
      • Organisational culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 April

    • 0 comments
    • 372 views
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    • 20 April

19. Number of vacant NHS hospital beds falls to lowest level since start of pandemic (17 April 2022)

    • Lack of resources
    • England
    • (and 8 more)

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      • Lack of resources
      • England
      • Long waiting list
      • Hospital ward
      • Discharge
      • Hospital ward
      • Lack of resources
      • England
      • Long waiting list
      • Discharge

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 19 April

    • 0 comments
    • 139 views
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    • 19 April

20. A visual guide to vaccines for the routine vaccination programme (29 March 2022)

    • Vaccination
    • Medication
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Vaccination
      • Medication
      • Adminstering medication
      • UK

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 April

    • 0 comments
    • 232 views
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    • 18 April

21. Tracheostomy and laryngectomy airway safety events: An analysis of patient safety reports from 84 hospitals (March 2022)

    • Emergency medicine
    • Training
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Emergency medicine
      • Training
      • Resuscitation
      • USA
      • Accident and Emergency
      • HDU / ICU

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 April

    • 0 comments
    • 165 views
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    • 18 April

22. Preventing falls in hospital: An interactive elearning resource aimed at reducing inpatient falls

    • Hospital ward
    • Falls
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Hospital ward
      • Falls
      • Patient safety incident
      • Older People (over 65)

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 April

    • 0 comments
    • 445 views
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    • 7 April

23. Cass Review: Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people (March 2022)

    • Children and Young People
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Children and Young People
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • LGBTQI
      • Mental health
      • Patient / family support
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Diagnosis
      • Long waiting list

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 March

    • 0 comments
    • 420 views
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    • 11 March

24. Patient safety in primary and emergency care (2020)

    • Diagnostic error
    • Cancer
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Diagnostic error
      • Cancer
      • Resilience
      • Communication
      • Medication
      • Sweden

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 March

    • 0 comments
    • 147 views
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    • 7 March

25. The Health Foundation: Addressing the leading risk factors for ill health (February 2022)

    • Nutrition
    • Patient
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Nutrition
      • Patient
      • Substance / Drug abuse
      • Population health
      • Risky behaviour
      • Risk management
      • Policies

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 March

    • 0 comments
    • 213 views
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    • 2 March