High risk areas

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1. Top picks: Venous thromboembolism

   • Deep vein thrombosis
   • Blood / blood products
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Deep vein thrombosis
     • Blood / blood products
     • Risk management
     • High risk groups
     • Assessment
     • Top picks

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 October, 2025

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   • 1,981 views
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   • 10 October, 2025

2. SHOT: My Transfusion app – information for patients

   • Blood / blood products
   • Patient / family support
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Patient / family support
     • Information sharing
     • Health and Care Apps

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 August, 2025

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   • 359 views
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   • 15 August, 2025

3. SHOT: Transfusion Safety Standards

   • Medicine - Haematology
   • Blood / blood products
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Medicine - Haematology
     • Blood / blood products
     • Standards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 August, 2025

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   • 397 views
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   • 13 August, 2025

4. Transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO): Strategies to mitigate the risk of harm (28 June 2024)

   • Blood / blood products
   • Medicine - Respiratory
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Medicine - Respiratory
     • Risk management

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 August, 2024

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   • 684 views
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   • 31 August, 2024

5. There’s a fire in the neonatal unit! What are you going to do? (13 March 2024)

   • Patient safety incident
   • Risk management
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient safety incident
     • Risk management
     • Risk assessment
     • Simulation
     • Training
     • Maternity
     • NICU/SCBU

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July, 2024

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   • 482 views
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   • 1 July, 2024

6. Implementation of bedside electronic transfusion checks at Barts Health Trust: Quantifying benefits

   • Blood / blood products
   • Safety process
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Safety process
     • Technology
     • Training
     • Innovation
     • System safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 June, 2024

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   • 2,173 views
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   • 10 June, 2024

7. NHS blood services among world’s safest – but infection risk will never be zero (22 May 2024)

   • Blood / blood products
   • Screening
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Screening
     • Safety process

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 May, 2024

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   • 533 views
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   • 22 May, 2024

8. Risk assessment models for venous thromboembolism in medical inpatients (10 May 2024)

   • Deep vein thrombosis
   • Surgery - Vascular
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Deep vein thrombosis
     • Surgery - Vascular
     • Hospital ward
     • Risk assessment

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 May, 2024

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   • 663 views
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   • 13 May, 2024

9. Enhancing patient safety in trauma: Understanding adverse events, assessment tools, and the role of trauma video review (27 April 2024)

   • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
   • Resuscitation
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
     • Resuscitation
     • Patient safety incident
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 May, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 592 views
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   • 1 May, 2024

10. Complication rates of central venous catheters: A systematic review and meta-analysis (4 March 2024)

    • Surgery - Vascular
    • Systematic review
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - Vascular
      • Systematic review
      • Meta analysis

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 April, 2024

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    • 2,546 views
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    • 17 April, 2024

11. Deep vein thrombosis: understanding and managing your risk

    • Blood / blood products
    • Risk management
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Blood / blood products
      • Risk management
      • High risk groups
      • Deep vein thrombosis

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 20 March, 2024

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    • 2,050 views
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    • 20 March, 2024

12. Determinants of long-term physical and mental health outcomes after intensive care admission for trauma survivors (13 February 2024)

    • HDU / ICU
    • Emergency medicine
    • (and 4 more)

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      • HDU / ICU
      • Emergency medicine
      • Recovery
      • Patient harmed
      • Ventilators
      • Delirium

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 811 views
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    • 14 February, 2024

13. Definitions of current SHOT reporting categories & what to report (January 2024)

    • Blood / blood products
    • Reporting
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Blood / blood products
      • Reporting
      • Patient safety incident
      • Human error

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 3 February, 2024

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    • 1,455 views
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    • 3 February, 2024

14. SSNAP Annual Report 2023: Stroke care received between April 2022 to March 2023 (9 November 2023)

    • Stroke
    • Medicine - Stroke
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Stroke
      • Medicine - Stroke
      • Audit
      • Data

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 26 November, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,440 views
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    • 26 November, 2023

15. Fragility fractures – State of the nation Wales report 2022 (FFFAP, 9 March 2023)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Falls
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Falls
      • Wales
      • Audit
      • Recommendations

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 27 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 717 views
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    • 27 April, 2023

16. Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain (Vox, 10 March 2022)

    • Pain
    • NICU/SCBU
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Pain
      • NICU/SCBU
      • Baby
      • Research
      • Patient / family support

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 23 February, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 912 views
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    • 23 February, 2023

17. EKHUFT - Standard operating procedure for managing bariatric/plus size patients (January 2021)

    • Obesity
    • Safety process
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Obesity
      • Safety process
      • Hospital ward
      • Communication
      • Collaboration
      • Staff safety

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 1,187 views
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    • 28 September, 2022

18. HSJ Roundtable: How the NHS can boost perioperative care

    • HDU / ICU
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 1 more)

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      • HDU / ICU
      • Surgery - General
      • Operating theatre / recovery

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 August, 2022

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    • 935 views
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    • 16 August, 2022

19. NCEPOD report - Long term ventilation: Balancing the pressures (13 February 2020)

    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
    • Ventilators
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Ventilators
      • Children and Young People
      • Paediatrics
      • UK

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 August, 2022

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    • 945 views
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    • 2 August, 2022

20. AHRQ - Toolkit for preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs (4 April 2022)

    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
    • Urinary tract infections
    • (and 3 more)

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      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Urinary tract infections
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Medication
      • Safety culture

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 April, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 2,495 views
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    • 13 April, 2022

21. Capnography: No Trace = Wrong Place

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Ambulance
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Accident and Emergency
      • Ambulance
      • ED admission
      • Medicine - Cardiology
      • Patient death
      • Recommendations

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 February, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,582 views
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    • 28 February, 2020

22. Estimating health care-associated infections and deaths in U.S. hospitals, 2002

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Research
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Research
      • Patient death
      • USA

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 January, 2020

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    • 1,369 views
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    • 26 January, 2020

23. SHOT: Transfusion risks

    • Blood / blood products
    • Medicine - Haematology
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Blood / blood products
      • Medicine - Haematology
      • Patient harmed
      • Recommendations

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 10 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,514 views
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    • 10 January, 2020

24. Surgical diathermy and electrical hazards: causes and prevention

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • HDU / ICU
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • HDU / ICU
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Health and safety
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 2,539 views
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    • 2 January, 2020

25. Blood gas brain break: a stress management technique

    • Fatigue / exhaustion
    • Staff support
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Staff support
      • Stress

    By Claire Cox, 30 October, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,932 views
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    • 30 October, 2019