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Content ArticleThis document sets out the Northern Ireland Department of Health's ambitions to improve medication safety in Northern Ireland, in line with the World Health Organization's Third Global Patient Safety Challenge 'Medication without Harm'. It outlines the need for safer use of medicines in Northern Ireland and highlights four ways in which the Department for Health will address these challenges: Engagement with patients and the public Introducing new systems and practice Engagement and training of health and social care staff Reducing the burden of avoidable harm from high-risk medicines by building good practice in to the supply of all medications
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WHO - Announcing World Patient Safety Day 2022 (4 March 2022)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in WHO
The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022 is Medication Safety. It will take place on 17 September 2022. Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of avoidable harm in healthcare across the world. Medication errors occur when weak medication systems, and human factors such as fatigue, poor environmental conditions or staff shortages, affect prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring practices. This can result in severe patient harm, disability and even death. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has significantly exacerbated the risk of medication errors and associated medication-related harm. The theme builds on the ongoing WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm. It also provides much-needed impetus to take urgent action for reducing medication-related harm through strengthening systems and practices of medication use. -
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In this blog, Clare Rayner, an occupational physician, describes how an international collaboration to help understand Long Covid was established by harnessing the power of technology and social media. This collective, between a group of UK doctors experiencing prolonged health problems after Covid-19 infection and a globally renowned rehabilitation clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, aims to help both patients and healthcare professionals by disseminating learning about Long Covid from both sides of the Atlantic. -
Content ArticleThis YouTube channel contains video resources designed to raise awareness of falls and how to prevent them. The videos contain simple techniques to help prevent falls and promote healthy lifestyle choices. Videos include a daily 'Falls and management exercise class' and a weekly 'Functional Fitness MOT' for patients to use at home.
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Imperial College London: MSc in Patient Safety
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Medical students
A fully online Master’s in Patient Safety has been launched by Imperial College London and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. The course aims to develop global leaders and changemakers in patient safety who can catalyse improvements and innovation in healthcare practice across the globe. The programme, now open to UK and international applicants for the next academic year, is a refreshment of Imperial’s previous Patient Safety MSc offering, designed to enable a more flexible approach to learning and respond to emerging healthcare needs in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The new course aligns with the updated World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Curriculum. It features best-practice frameworks from healthcare systems around the world, as well as real-world insights and case studies from a pharmaceutical setting. The programme is delivered through a combination of online learning, group learning and live virtual teaching sessions from world-leading experts in the field. Students will also have the opportunity to apply their learnings through the completion of a research study addressing a patient safety challenge. -
Content ArticleThis paper from Parsons et al. looked at how patients prefer to be addressed by their healthcare providers and assessed their knowledge of their attending medical team's identity. The researchers conducted a survey which included 300 inpatients, with findings showing over 99% of patients prefer informal address and 57% of patients unable to correctly name a single member of their attending medical team.
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Content ArticleMedical Errors: Promoting a Culture of Patient Safety is a course for continuing education relicensure requirements for Florida doctors. The purpose of this course is to promote patient safety and improving patient outcomes and is suitable for Allopathic Physicians, Osteopathic Physicians, Dentists, Podiatrists, Physician Assistants and Dietitians who are licensed in the State of Florida.
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Content ArticleIn response to growing pressures on healthcare systems, the advanced clinical practice (ACP) role has been implemented widely in the UK and internationally. In England, ACP is a level of practice applicable across various healthcare professions, who exercise a level of autonomy across four domains, referred to as the four pillars of practice (education, leadership, research and clinical practice). A national framework for ACP was established in 2017 to ensure consistency across the ACP role, however current ACP governance, education and support is yet to be evaluated. This study aimed to analyse data from a national survey of the ACP role to inform the development and improvement of policies relating to ACP in the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
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Content ArticleThis study from Cho et al. examined the association of nurse staffing and education with the length of stay of surgical patients in acute care hospitals in South Korea. They found that nurse staffing and nurses’ education levels were significantly associated with the length of stay of surgical patients in South Korean hospitals. The findings from this study suggest that the South Korea healthcare system should develop appropriate strategies to improve the nurse staffing and education levels to ensure high-quality patient care in hospitals.
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My Type 1 Diabetes - self-management education website
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Diabetes
This public information website provided by the NHS is aimed at helping people with type 1 diabetes to effectively manage their condition. -
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In this interview, Dr Alice Ladur talks about her experience of using the Whose Shoes? approach to increase male partners’ involvement in maternity care in Uganda. Whose Shoes? is a co-production tool that uses a board game to help participants share experiences and reflect on their experiences of services. Alice describes the importance and impact of involving partners and families in antenatal care and highlights the value of adapting interventions to specific cultures and locations. -
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Birth with no cutting or tearing; decreasing avoidable harm in childbirth to both baby and mum
Dr Zenko Bilas posted a topic in Maternity
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We should all strive to keep antibiotics working for our NHS surgeons and future generations, by decreasing antibiotic use in medicine. It is mums themselves who could dramatically decrease antibiotic use, in the only medical specialty where this is possible - in obstetrics - by keeping skin intact; by being informed of the 10cm diameter that 'Aniball' and 'Epi-no Delphine Plus' birth facilitating devices, the mechanical version of Antenatal Perineal Massage, achieve by skin expansion (much like by 'earlobe skin expanders') prior to birth, for back of baby's head. This enables a normal birth for many more babies by shortening birth, with no cutting (episiotomies) or tearing, and much fewer Caesarean sections, as each Caesarean section requires antibiotics to be injected into mum, to kill any bacteria, which might have invaded a skin cell, from being implanted with that skin cell, deep into the wall of the uterus, by the surgeon's knife. There are around 750,000 births in the UK alone and three-quarters of mums are damaged during birth and at risk of developing infection; so a dramatic decrease in antibiotic use is possible. Empowering mums with knowledge; that both the skin and the coats of the pelvic floor muscles, which form the floor of the lower tummy, can be stretched painlessly, in preparation of birth, from the 26th week of pregnancy, so a gentler, kinder birth for both baby and mum becomes possible by decreasing risky obstetric interventions. Muscle can be stretched to 3 times its original length, if stretched painlessly over 6 or more occasions, and still retains its ability to recoil back, contracting to its original length. So there is no damage to mum. Baby's delicate head is not used to achieve this 'birth canal widening', because Antenatal Perineal Massage or Aniball or Epi-no Delphine Plus have already achieved this prior to the start of birth. In birth this stretching is rushed within the last 2 hours of birth, with risk of avulsion of pelvic floor muscle fibres from the pubic bone and risk of skin tearing or the need for episiotomy. The overlying skin will likewise stretch without tearing if done over 6 or more occasions. The maximal opening in the outlet or lower part of the pelvis is 10cm diameter, so 10cm diameter is the goal of the birth aiding devices and 'Antenatal Perineal Massage' or 'Birth Canal Widening' - opening doors for baby maximally. The mother reviews on 'Aniball' and 'Epi-no Delphine Plus' are impressive: Wanda Klaman, a first time mum, gives birth at nearly 42 weeks to a 4.4kg baby, with no need for episiotomy or forceps; Sophie of London, avoids episiotomy, when forceps are used to aid delivery for her baby who lays across her tummy - transverse lay, because the skin at this opening is so stretchy thanks to the birth facilitating devices. Cochrane Collaborate Report on Antenatal Massage https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23633325/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7450045/Fears-infections-pandemic-grow-NINETEEN-new-superbugs-discovered-UK.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mistakes-maternity-wards-setting-nhs-22702909- Posted
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National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures
Annie Hunningher posted a topic in Surgery
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How are people getting on with the NatSSIPs? PDF version to share NatSSIPs headline booklet.pdf- Posted
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Community PostDear all, I am delighted to join this community and look forward to learn from others. By way of introduction, I coordinate HIFA HIFA (Healthcare Information For All) is a dynamic global health community working in collaboration with the World Health Organization and supported by more than 300 health and development organisations worldwide. We have more than 19,000 members (health professionals, librarians, publishers, researchers, policymakers, human rights activists and others) in 180 countries, working to improve the availability and use of reliable healthcare information, especially in low- and middle-income countries where lack of information can contribute to indecision, delay, misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment and consequent morbidity and mortality. Our work prioritises patient safety. HIFA's members interact on 6 global discussion forums in 4 languages (English, French, Portuguese and Spanish). Website www.hifa.org Join here: www.hifa.org/joinhifa Best wishes, Neil Let's build a future where people are no longer dying for lack of healthcare information - Join HIFA: www.hifa.org HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of the HIFA global health campaign (Healthcare Information For All - www.hifa.org ), a global community with more than 19,000 members in 177 countries, interacting on six global forums in four languages. Twitter: @hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil@hifa.org
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The Family Oops and Burns First Aid eBook
Kristina Stiles posted an article in Recommended books and literature
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'The Family Oops and Burns First Aid' is a free children's book written by Kristina Stiles, beautifully illustrated by Jill Latter, created to support children and their families learning about burns prevention and first aid principles together. The book describes an accident prone family who are not burns aware, who have to go to school to learn about burn safety and first aid principles within the home. The book is aimed at KS1 children and their families, and is available as hard copy book by request from Children's Burns Trust and also as an audio/video book via YouTube. -
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Better use of data for medication safety in hospitals
Kenny Fraser posted an article in Medicine management
NHS hospital staff spend countless hours capturing data in electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems. Yet that data remains difficult to access and use to support patient care. This is a tremendous opportunity to improve patient safety, drive efficiencies and save time for frontline staff. In this blog, Kenny Fraser, CEO of Triscribe, explains why we need to deliver quick, low-cost improvement using modern, open source software tools and techniques. We don’t need schemes and standards or metrics and quality control. The most important thing is to build software for the needs and priorities of frontline pharmacists, doctors and nurses. -
Content ArticleThe Patient Safety Movement Foundation offers a unique educational opportunity for healthcare professionals around the world to expand their knowledge in the theory and practice of patient safety. Please apply to this fellowship programme from the link if you are interested in joining the 2024 cohort of fellows. Application deadline is 1 August 2023.
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Content ArticleInstitutional racism within the United Kingdom's (UK) Higher Education (HE) sector, particularly nurse and midwifery education, has lacked empirical research, critical scrutiny, and serious discussion. This paper focuses on the racialised experiences of nurses and midwives during their education in UK universities, including their practice placements. It explores the emotional, physical, and psychological impacts of these experiences. The study concludes that the endemic culture of racism in nurse and midwifery education is a fundamental factor that must be recognised and called out. The study argues that universities and health care trusts need to be accountable for preparing all students to challenge racism and provide equitable learning opportunities that cover the objectives to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements to avoid significant experiences of exclusion and intimidation.
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Content ArticleOver the last four years, Health Education England (HEE) has led a collaborative effort, on behalf of patients, the profession and the NHS, to co-create reforms across medical education and training. HEE launched the Future Doctor Programme last year, linked to work on the NHS People Plan, to inform and galvanise change in medical education and training to achieve the vision for future healthcare as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. The Future Doctor Programme provides a clear view of what the NHS, patients and the public require from future doctors within a transformed multi-professional team. This co-created vision for the future has also identified much of what is required to respond to the projected demands and needs of the workforce in the future.
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Content ArticleThis article, published in Women Fitness Magazine, argues that a lack of awareness about safety measures and a shortage of healthcare professionals make it difficult for hospitals to ensure patient safety in the United States. It sets out six ways hospitals can ensure patient safety during treatment.
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Content ArticlePatients and providers often don't recognise skin cancer on darker skin. Medical school faculty and students are trying to change that.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Grace Annan-Callcott, Programme Adviser at the Understanding Patient Data programme (UPD) outlines the findings of a new report on the impact of including information about patient data in health charities' guidance. The report investigates whether adding small explanations about the role of patient data in developing health guidance affects people’s: perception of the information or advice general awareness or understanding of how patient data can be used. Working with a group of charities including Asthma + Lung UK, Best Beginnings, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, MS Trust, Stroke Association, National Autistic Society, British Heart Foundation and the Patient Information Forum (PIF), UPD set up a community of practice to research the impact of patient data in health guidance.
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Content ArticlePeripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are medical devices often used for medium-to-long-term intravenous therapy, but they are often associated with morbid and potentially lethal complications. This multi-centre study in the journal Plos One aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based appropriateness criteria to improve PICC safety and patient outcomes in a pay-for-performance model. The authors found that structured quality improvement (QI) efforts led to sustained PICC appropriateness and improved patient safety. These interventions included a multidisciplinary vascular access committee, clear targets, local champions and support from an online education toolkit.
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Content ArticleThis paper addresses information raised as part of a Delphi study of NHS hospital operating theatres in England. The aim of the first Delphi study round was to establish how the World Health Organisation’s Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is currently being used in the peri-operative setting as part of a strategy to reduce surgical ‘never events’. It used a combination of closed and open-ended questions that solicited specific information about current practice and research literature, that generated ideas and allowed participants freedom in their responses. The study asked theatre managers, matrons and clinical educators that work in operating theatres and deliver the surgical safety checklist daily, and who are therefore considered to be theatre safety experts. Participants were from the seven regions identified by NHS England. The study revealed that the majority of trusts don’t receive formal training on how to deliver the SSC, checklist champions are not always identified, feedback following a ‘never event’ is not usually given and that the debrief is the most common step missed. While the intention of the study was not to establish whether the lack of training, cyclical learning and missing steps has led to the increased presence of never events, it has facilitated a broader engagement in the literature, as well highlighting some possible reasons why compliance has not yet been universally achieved. Furthermore, the Delphi study is intended to be an exploratory approach that will inform a more in-depth doctoral research study aimed at improving patient safety in the operating theatre and informing policy making and quality improvement.
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Content ArticleThis research is a collaboration between the NHS AI Lab and Health Education England. Its primary aim is to inform the development of education and training to develop healthcare workers’ confidence in artificial intelligence (AI).
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