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  1. Content Article
    Smoking or a naked flame could cause patients’ dressings or clothing to catch fire when being treated with paraffin-based emollient that is in contact with the dressing or clothing. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) provided this update for healthcare professionals.
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    This report from the AHSN Network shines light on ways we can do more to improve safety for residents of care homes. The publication showcases over 30 examples of projects delivered by England’s 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) and the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) which host them. They include case studies in medicines safety, dementia, monitoring and screening, and workforce development.
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    A three-year programme launched in February 2017 to support improvement in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal units across England - formerly known as the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative. NHS Improvement aim to: improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high quality healthcare experience for all women, babies and families across maternity and neonatal care settings in England contribute to the national ambition, set out in Better Birthsopens in a new window of reducing the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths, and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 20% by 2020.
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    The Academic Health Science Network’s (AHSN) plan 'Patient safety in partnership' has been developed to support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and sets out how England’s 15 AHSNs, and the Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) they host, will work more closely with their local health and care organisations to improve safety both in hospitals and community-based services such as care homes.
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    The Betsy Lehman Center is a Massachusetts state agency that supports providers, patients and policymakers working together to advance the safety and quality of health care.
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    Patient Safety Learning's Chair, Jonathan Hazan, speaks about his experience in, and passion for, patient safety, and why the hub is so important for patient safety. He also discusses some of Patient Safety Learning's six foundations for a patient-safe future, as described in our report, A Blueprint for Action. View video (4:16 mins)
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    This issue of Effectiveness Matters has been produced by the Centres for Review and Dissemination in collaboration with the Yorkshire and Humber AHSN and the Improvement Academy and updates a previous issue published in January 2015. Frailty is a distinct health state related to reduced function across multiple physiological systems that develops as part of the ageing process. Frailty means that even minor events can trigger disproportionate changes in health status after which the patient fails to recover to their previous level of health.
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    This is a competency based framework for patient safety set out by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
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    This extensive resource, by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, based on evidence and leading practices, helps patients and families, patient partners, providers, and leaders work together more effectively to improve patient safety.  The Institute states that collaboratively, we can more proactively identify risks, better support those involved in an incident, and help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
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    Toolkit to promote safe surgery helps peri-operative and surgical units in US hospitals identify opportunities to improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections. The toolkit has evidence-based, practical resources that reflect the real-world experiences of the frontline clinicians and subject matter experts who participated in a national implementation project. 
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    Toolkit to improve safety for mechanically ventilated patients helps hospitals in the US make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs). ICU staff can use the toolkit to reduce complications for patients on ventilators.
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    Research shows that when patients are engaged in their healthcare, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a guide to help patients, families, and health professionals in primary care settings work together as partners to improve care.
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    Patient awareness, understanding and engagement is an important aspect to be considered in action plans to improve hand hygiene. This guidance encourages partnerships between patients, their families, and healthcare workers to promote hand hygiene in healthcare settings. Positive engagement with patients and patient organisations in the pursuit of improving hand hygiene compliance by health-care workers has the potential to strengthen infection prevention and control globally and reduce the harm to patients caused by healthcare associated infection. 
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    The World Health Organization (WHO) Patients for Patients Safety (PFPS) programme was set up in 2005 with its first workshop held in November 2005, in London. Its vision, expressed in the London Declaration, is to engage, empower, encourage and facilitate patients and families to build and/or participate in global network advocating for, and partnering with health professionals and policy-makers to make health-care services safer, more integrated and people-centred for all.
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    This report aims to build a better understanding of the role of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research, helping ensure meaningful involvement that has tangible impacts and to mitigate against undesired consequences.
  16. Content Article
    Patient engagement improves patient, organisation and health system outcomes, but most research is based on primary care. The primary purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of published  research that evaluated patient engagement in hospital health service improvement.
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    The purpose of this study was to describe patient engagement as a safety strategy from the perspective of hospitalised surgical patients with cancer.
  18. Content Article
    Interesting article, by the Patient Safety Network, around how patients can be involved in the solution and the cause of some patient safety incidents.
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    Involving patients in improving safety is a Health Foundation publication also known as an evidence scan. It is designed to help those involved in improving the quality of healthcare understand what research is available on a particular topic. This publication describes research into how patients have been involved in improving safety.  It addresses two questions: How have patients and carers been involved in improving safety in healthcare?  Is there any evidence that patient involvement leads to improved safety? 
  20. Content Article
    This report from the King's Fund explores in more detail the role of leaders in engaging a range of significant others in improving health and healthcare. 
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    In this thought paper published by The Health Foundation, Dr Rebecca Lawton and Dr Gerry Armitage look at ways to involve patients in clinical safety and the readiness of patients and health professionals to adopt new roles. They discuss the importance of involving patients in the development of patient engagement and involvement strategies. Genuine patient involvement in their own care requires a fundamental cultural shift in the relationship between patients and clinicians. 
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    This guide published by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) is a tested, evidence-based resource to help hospitals in the United States work as partners with patients and families to improve quality and safety.
  23. Content Article
    This discussion paper published in Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH) examines the possible barriers and facilitators to patient engagement drawn from a literature search. It proposes a framework with recommendations to address these barriers and promote patient-provider engagement.
  24. Content Article
    A report of the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute's roundtable on consumer engagement in patient safety.  This US based report looks at how increasing engagement between those who provide care and those who receive it at every level can result in improved health care outcomes for individuals and safer and more productive work environments for healthcare professionals. 
  25. Content Article
    The involvement of patients in their care is a top priority for the NHS, highlighted in the NHS Constitution and the NHS Five Year Forward View. Healthcare providers are encouraged to develop different relationships with patients and communities to help empower them and engage them in their care. This same approach applies to patient safety in healthcare, where greater engagement of patients is seen as one of the building blocks for improvement. .
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