The Global Trigger Tool shows that one out of seven patients suffers harm in Palestinian hospitals: challenges for launching a strategic safety plan

Najjar, Shahenaz; Hamdan, Motasem; Euwema, Martin; Vleugels, Arthur; Sermeus, Walter; Massoud, Rashad; Vanhaecht, Kris

doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzt066

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“…One of them is a referral teaching hospital and the other is a non-profit, non-governmental hospital. Hospital size ranged from 200 to 250 beds in 2009 [21].…”

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The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

et al. 2015

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Background: Patient safety has been considered the heart of healthcare quality. This study aims to explore relationships between patient safety culture and adverse event rates at unit levels in Palestinian hospitals, and provide insight on initiatives to improve patient safety. Methods: A retrospective, exploratory design was used. Patient safety culture was measured by the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) developed by Westat. Adverse events were measured using the Global Trigger Tool (GTT), developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. GTT data was collected from patient records discharged May -August 2009 and the HSOPSC data collected in 2010. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize departments' results. Spearman's rho coefficient was used to determine relationships between safety culture and adverse events.

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“…One of them is a referral teaching hospital and the other is a non-profit, non-governmental hospital. Hospital size ranged from 200 to 250 beds in 2009 [21].…”

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“…The IHI-GTT version for the present study was assessed and adapted by a group of physicians and researchers within the selected Palestinian hospitals. Specific triggers were added and modified [21]. "The modification and adjustments to Palestinian context are mentioned in Appendix 1: Table 4 in italic and bold".…”

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The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

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“…19 It was reported that one in seven patients suffers harm in Palestinian hospitals. 20 These statistics suggest that patient safety is a major concern for the health policy agenda in Arab countries and it is vital that the causes of harm to patients are identified and understood to develop strategies for improvement.…”

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Status of patient safety culture in Arab countries: a systematic review

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ObjectivesTo explore the status of patient safety culture in Arab countries based on the findings of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSPSC).DesignSystematic review.MethodsWe performed electronic searches of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ProQuest and PsychINFO, Google Scholar and PubMed databases, with manual searches of bibliographies of included articles and key journals. We included studies that were conducted in the Arab countries that were focused on patient safety culture. 2 reviewers independently verified that the studies met the inclusion criteria and critically assessed the quality of the studies.Results18 studies met our inclusion criteria. The review identified that non-punitive response to error is seen as a serious issue which needs to be improved. Healthcare professionals in the Arab countries tend to think that a ‘culture of blame’ still exists that prevents them from reporting incidents. We found an overall similarity between the reported composite score for dimension of teamwork within units in all of the reviewed studies. Teamwork within units was found to be better than teamwork across hospital units. All of the reviewed studies reported that organisational learning and continuous improvement was satisfactory as the average score of this dimension for all studies was 73.2%. Moreover, the review found that communication openness seems to be a concerning issue for healthcare professionals in the Arab countries.ConclusionsThere is a need to promote patient safety culture as a strategy for improving the patient safety in the Arab world. Improving patient safety culture should include all stakeholders, like policymakers, healthcare providers and those responsible for medical education. This review was limited only to English language publications. The varied settings in which the HSPSC was used may have influenced the areas of strengths and weaknesses as healthcare workers' perception of safety culture may differ.

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“…9,10 The occurrence of AEs is associated with patient and health care utilization characteristics. 9,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Such factors include patients' age, sex, disease conditions including severity and comorbidity, type of admission, clinical department, treatment by multiple specialties, and length of hospital stay. For instance, patients older than 35 years had increased risk of AEs, 12 and those with comorbidities had a higher incidence of AEs.…”

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“…13,14,17 Furthermore, elective admissions of older patients predicted preventable AEs, 20 and AEs were more common in surgical care than in medical care. 16,18,19 Patients treated by various clinical specialties had a higher incidence of AEs. 11 Length of hospital stay was longer in patients with AEs.…”

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Adverse Events in Korean Traditional Medicine Hospitals: A Retrospective Medical Record Review

Hwang¹,

Kim

Park

2018

J Patient Saf

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The Global Trigger Tool shows that one out of seven patients suffers harm in Palestinian hospitals: challenges for launching a strategic safety plan

Cited by 51 publications

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The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

Status of patient safety culture in Arab countries: a systematic review

Adverse Events in Korean Traditional Medicine Hospitals: A Retrospective Medical Record Review

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