Improving Patient Safety: Insights from American, Australian and British healthcare: Emslie S, Knox K, Pickstone M, eds. London: ECRI and Department of Health, 2002.  35.00. 104 pp. ISBN 094141775 1

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“…In the past, incidents where patient safety has been compromised have been infrequently reported, particularly where patients have suffered no lasting harm. More importantly, even when submitted, reports appeared to have been only discussed locally and not used to prevent similar occurrences elsewhere [4].…”

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Informal risk assessment strategies in health care staff: an unrecognized source of resilience?

Arfanis¹,

Smith

2011

Evaluation Clinical Practice

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RationaleRecent reports indicate that approximately 10% of in-patients in UK hospitals are involved in an adverse event (these reports also state that 50% of these events are preventable). This is indeed a worrying finding, and indicates the need to look at how these incidents are handled or indeed, what is done to minimize their occurrence. The Department of Health, via the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) published a guide which is aimed at encouraging accurate reporting, learning from past events and changing the attitudes of key stakeholders (healthcare managers, frontline staf etc) towards risk taking and risk management. Aims and objectives Our aim was to compare informally-learned and used risk assessment strategies volunteered by staff with the 'how to do it' guide published by the NPSA. We have compared each step of the NPSA guide with our empirical data relating to that activity. Methods We interviewed forty-eight healthcare professionals (doctors from several specialties; nurses from a variety of settings; and an array of allied healthcare professionals). We used semi-structured interviews in order to discuss participants' views on their everyday working life, working relationships and patient safety. Results Our results indicate that healthcare professionals develop their own unique way to approach the issue of patient safety and risk, based on their professional raining, seniority and role within the hospital. They did share the conviction that frontline and support staff need to have immediate and easy access to information about past adverse events. They see this as a powerful tool in minimizing the reoccurrence of the same errors/problems, as well as a vehicle to improve staff morale by feeling valued and having their opinion heard. Conclusions We believe that patient safety and welfare can benefit from the adoption of a more flexible and person-centred approach to how risk assessments are carried out. Enriching formal guidelines such as the 'Risk Assessment made easy' document with successful techniques and strategies which healthcare staff have informally developed has the potential to not only improve patient safety (since it will be based on the accumulated experience and knowledge of such staff) but also foster higher levels of self esteem amongst healthcare professionals. bs_bs_banner ISSN 1365-2753 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

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Informal risk assessment strategies in health care staff: an unrecognized source of resilience?

Arfanis¹,

Smith

2011

Evaluation Clinical Practice

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“…It is predicted this number will increase by 15% in 2020 (1). The purpose of these hospitals and their nurses is to ensure the safe and efficient provision of activities for patients in variable conditions (2,3).…”

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Explanation of Patient Safety Provided by Nurses in Inpatient Psychiatric Wards in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Ajalli

Fallahi-Khoshknab

Hosseini

et al. 2018

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Patient's safety is the foundation of health qualified to care, which in the inpatient psychiatric wards, is a different but important and challenging issue.Objectives: This study focused on nurses' opinions and experiences about patient safety in inpatient psychiatric wards. Methods: This was a qualitative study based on conventional content analysis and inductive method. Thus, 19 psychiatric nurses were selected from three hospitals using purposive sampling. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews. Results: Analysis of the data revealed the main theme "intelligent care and protection from risk creators" and two themes including 'vigilant care' and 'close observing' with eight related categories. Conclusions: This study adds a unique insight into patient safety in acute psychiatric wards. The findings suggest that the nurse should take vigilant care and be sensitive to any change in behavior and suspicious behaviors of patients. Continuous observation and objective observation, specific and appropriate intervention, and curious attention are essential. Safety access should be closely monitored.

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Safety Issues in Biomedical Telemetry

Nikita

2014

Handbook of Biomedical Telemetry

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Improving Patient Safety: Insights from American, Australian and British healthcare: Emslie S, Knox K, Pickstone M, eds. London: ECRI and Department of Health, 2002. 35.00. 104 pp. ISBN 094141775 1

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Informal risk assessment strategies in health care staff: an unrecognized source of resilience?

Informal risk assessment strategies in health care staff: an unrecognized source of resilience?

Explanation of Patient Safety Provided by Nurses in Inpatient Psychiatric Wards in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Safety Issues in Biomedical Telemetry

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