Background The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO-SSC) is a global tool designed to enhance teamwork ...

Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, ...

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Correspondence to Eric J Thomas, University of Texas at Houston, Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, 6410 Fannin, UPB 1100.45, Houston, TX 77030, USA; eric.thomas{at}uth.tmc.edu ...

Background Patient safety training of healthcare professionals is a new area of education. Assessment of the pertinent competencies should be a part of this education. This review aims to identify the ...

1 James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Division of Hospital Medicine, James M. Anderson Center for Health ...

Radiological reporting is a central component of clinical decision-making and a patient safety-critical system. Radiology ...

Background Double checking medication administration in hospitals is often standard practice, particularly for high-risk drugs, yet its effectiveness in reducing medication administration errors (MAEs ...

Quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) education programmes have proliferated in the past decade given the rising demand for healthcare professionals to develop the knowledge, skills and ...

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1 Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Population and Global Health & Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...

Correspondence to Dr James Mountford, UCLPartners, 3rd Floor, 170 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7HA, UK; james.mountford{at}uclpartners.com One of us was shown a letter received by a hospital ...