Promoting patient and occupational safety are two key challenges for hospitals.
Recent studies have shown there are key topics that are interrelated and form a critical foundation for promoting patient and occupational safety in hospitals. So far, these topics have mainly been studied independently from each other.
This study did a combined assessment of hospital staffs’ perceptions of four different topics:
psychosocial working conditions
leadership
patient safety climate
occupational safety climate.
The use of checklists can help to prevent incidents and should be part of a culture of patient safety. This guidance set out by the Royal College of Radiologists highlights key considerations when writing and implementing safety checklists.