International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 20 Issue 7

Promoting safety: Longer‐term responses of three health professional groups to a safety improvement programme

Mary T. Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Joanne F. Travaglia, Debbi Long, Christine Jorm, Rick A. Iedema

Patient safety has been addressed since 2002 in the health system of New South Wales, Australia via a Safety Improvement Programme (SIP), which took a system‐wide approach. The…

Safety self‐efficacy and safety performance: Potential antecedents and the moderation effect of standardization

Tal Katz‐Navon, Eitan Naveh, Zvi Stern

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a new safety self‐efficacy construct and to explore its antecedents and interaction with standardization to influence in‐patient…

Are health systems changing in support of patient safety?: A multi‐methods evaluation of education, attitudes and practice

Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mary T. Westbrook, Joanne F. Travaglia, Rick Iedema, Nadine A. Mallock, Debbi Long, Peter Nugus, Rowena Forsyth, Christine Jorm, Marjorie Pawsey

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a health system‐wide safety improvement program (SIP) three to four years after initial implementation.

Guideline development from an observational study

J. Labarere, J‐L. Bosson

It is unknown whether data from observational studies can assist guideline developers in areas where scientific evidence is lacking. The purpose of this study is to develop a…

When renewing medical equipment is necessary: a case report

Hassan Tavakoli, Mohsen Karami, Jalal Rezai, Khalil Esfandiari, Patricia Khashayar

The purpose of this paper is to present a remarkable medical equipment‐induced adverse event and to suggest ways to prevent similar problems.

Challenging patient safety culture: survey results

Johan Hellings, Ward Schrooten, Niek Klazinga, Arthur Vleugels

The purpose of this paper is to measure patient safety culture in five Belgian general hospitals. Safety culture plays an important role in the approach towards greater patient…

UK - NICE and the NPSA launch pilot to investigate new safety solutions for the NHS

UK - Harm reduction action plan

USA - New Joint Commission report portrays patient safety and health care quality performance of nation's hospitals

ABC of Patient Safety

Medical Error and Patient Safety: Human Factors in Medicine

World Health Organization - WHO launches "Nine patient safety solutions"

IAPO highlights advances in patient engagement in patient safety at World Health Assembly

Patient safety structures, processes and outcomes

Keith Hurst

UK - Improving medication safety in the NHS

USA - Patient Safety Authority issues Annual Report for 2006

Canada - More hospitals asked to join patient safety campaign

Patient Safety: Research into Practice

The WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Solutions)