The Essentials of Patient Safety - Clinical Human Factors Group

The Essentials of Patient Safety
KEY POINTS
Patients and families can provide critical safety information and play a part in
monitoring the safety of their own care
Expert clinicians learn to work confidently yet safely, by anticipating and negotiating
the hazards of both the disease and the organisation.
A team that is working poorly multiplies the possibility of error. Teams that work
well are safer than any one individual.
Explicit daily plans and goals can enormously increase reliability of care providing to
patients
Using briefing and checklists in the operating theatre reduces surgical complications
and improves team performance
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