Collaborating for safety.

Collaborating for family safety: results from the Greenbook multisite evaluation.

Motorcyclists\' safety in Iran: implication of haddonmatrix in safe community setting

  Background: Three studies were conducted aiming to design specific interventions regarding motorcyclist's safety using Haddon matrix in 14 cities of Iran .   Methods : Motorcyclists' fatality data was extracted in 14 cities (5 safe community practicing and 9 safe community non practicing cities) during 2006-2007. As the next step a cross sectional study on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) ...

Safety of Comprehensive Aortic Root and Valve Repair Surgery: A Retrospective Outcomes Research by National Evidence-Based Health Care Collaborating Agency, Korea

Comprehensive aortic root and valve repair (CARVAR) is a recently introduced surgical technique for aortic valve disease. The National Evidence-based Health Care Collaborating Agency was offered by the ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea to perform a restrospective outcome analysis for this surgical procedure. The aims of this study were to evaluate the safety of patients who underwent CARVAR...

Implementing AORN recommended practices for medication safety.

Medication errors in the perioperative setting can result in patient morbidity and mortality. The AORN "Recommended practices for medication safety" provide guidance to perioperative nurses in developing, implementing, and evaluating safe medication use practices. These practices include recognizing risk points in the medication use process, collaborating with pharmacy staff members, conducting...

Toward Safe and Efficient HRI in Industrial Settings via Distance-Based Speed Limiting and Motion-Level Adaptation

Deploying robots for human-robot interaction (HRI) in industrial settings requires specific considerations for guaranteeing the safety of collaborating humans. In this work, we present a real-time safety system capable of allowing safe HRI with a standard industrial robot at very low distances of separation without the need for robot hardware modification or replacement. In the industrial setti...

Advancing Opioid Safety for Children in Hospitals

The provision of medications to paediatric patients involves challenges distinct from those associated with medication administration to adult patients. These challenges arise for all paediatric age groups (infants, children, and youth) in every care setting, from community hospitals to specialty tertiary care facilities. Management of high-alert medications1, such as opioids, poses additional ...