Leiden University Medical Centre, Medical Decision Making, J10-S, Leiden, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Leiden University Medical Centre, Medical Decision Making, ...

Correspondence to Miss Michelle Halligan, The University of Western Ontario, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Elborn College, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, Canada, N6G 1H1; ...

Objectives The under-reporting of medication errors can compromise patient safety. A qualitative study was conducted to enhance the understanding of barriers to ...

Objectives: To assess awareness and use of the current incident reporting system and to identify factors inhibiting reporting of incidents in hospitals. Design, setting and participants: Anonymous ...

1 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 3 Department of ...

1 Department of General Practice, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical ...

Background Healthcare staff adapt to challenges faced when delivering healthcare by using workarounds. Sometimes, safety ...

Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany Correspondence to Matthias Weigl, Institute and Outpatient ...

Correspondence to Dr Timothy D Jackson, Division of General Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst Street, Room 8MP-322, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada; ...

Objectives To systematically review the peer-reviewed literature on interruptions in healthcare settings to determine the state of the science and to identify the gaps in research. Methods Inclusion ...