High risk areas

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1. 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

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   • 2 January, 2020

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

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

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 August, 2022

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   • 2 August, 2022

3. National Patient Safety Agency: Fire hazard with paraffin-based skin products (Nov 2007)

   • Health and safety
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Health and safety
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient death
     • Health hazards
     • Work / environment factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 31 October, 2019

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   • 31 October, 2019

4. MHRA. Paraffin-based skin emollients on dressings or clothing: fire risk (18 April 2016)

   • Patient
   • Health and safety
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Patient
     • Health and safety
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient death
     • Physical environment
     • Health hazards
     • Patient safety strategy

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 September, 2019

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   • 16 September, 2019

5. 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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   • 16 August, 2022

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

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

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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Research
     • Patient death
     • USA

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 January, 2020

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   • 26 January, 2020

7. 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

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   • 28 September, 2022

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

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

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 23 February

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   • 23 February

9. Definitions of current SHOT reporting categories & what to report (January 2022)

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

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Reporting
     • Patient safety incident

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 21 January, 2022

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   • 21 January, 2022

10. Capnography: No Trace = Wrong Place

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

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 February, 2020

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    • 28 February, 2020

11. Blood gas brain break: a stress management technique

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

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      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Staff support
      • Stress

    By Claire Cox, 30 October, 2019

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    • 990 views
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    • 30 October, 2019

12. 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

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    • 13 April, 2022

13. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - Staggering trainee doctor turnover (March 2014)

    • Training
    • Doctor
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Training
      • Doctor
      • Transfer of care
      • Workforce management
      • Innovation

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 August, 2022

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    • 190 views
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    • 8 August, 2022