When Personnel Cost-Cutting Compromises Patient Safety

When Patients Speak—Collaboration in Patient Safety

T he patient is one of the most important allies in reducing medical errors. Research indicates that when patients actively participate in their overall healthcare management, medical errors are reduced. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports have supported this concept, as well. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System not only reported that as many as 98,000 deaths occur annually due ...

The Milwaukee Patient Safety Collaborative: when safety trumps competition.

Fecundity compromises attractiveness when pigments are scarce

Theory predicts that the trade-off between ornamentation and fecundity limits female attractiveness. However, there is little evidence on this theoretical trade-off and its proximate background. Our aim was to study whether pigment availability modulates this potential relationship in blue-footed booby females. We supplemented females with dietary carotenoids after laying the first egg and asse...

A steep price to pay: fatigue compromises staff and patient safety.

Evaluation of the Patient Safety Culture Status and its related Factors from the Perspective of Operating Room Personnel

Background: Patient safety is one of the essential principles of health care and evaluation of patient safety culture is a motive to provide safe conditions for patient care. Regarding the invasive procedures and the necessity of special attention to patient safety in the operating room, this study aimed to determine the patient safety culture from the perspective of operating room personnel. ...