384: A culture of safety

Patient Safety Culture: A Meta-analysis of Hospital Data

Background and Objectives: Patient safety (PS) is one of the most important and essential elements of quality in healthcare setting. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the status of patient safety culture using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, data were collected through searching dat...

Establishing a culture of safety.

• TeamStepps: http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov. • Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP): http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/cusp.htm. • Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/innovation_quality _patient_care. • Improving Patient and Worker Safety–Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation: http://www .jointcommission.org/improving_Patient_Worker_Safe...

Evaluation of safety of Hammada salicornica in cell culture

Background and objectives: A pharmaceutical products that is planned to be used in clinic, should not only have beneficial effects but also be safe too. Preclinical studies in animals are costly and need considering ethical issues. Cell culture can be used before animal tests. Considering useful effects of these methods, we have evaluated safety of total methanol extract of <em...

Safety Culture

Safety paradoxes and safety culture

This paper deals with four safety paradoxes: (1) Safety is defined and measured more by its absence than its presence. (2) Defences, barriers and safeguards not only protect a system, they can also cause its catastrophic breakdown. (3) Many organisations seek to limit the variability of human action, primarily to minimise error, but it is this same variability – in the form of timely adjustment...