individual chapters from previous weeks

The Patient as our Safety Champion

Emotional Support for the Second Victim

Disclosure

Root Cause Analysis

Equipment Sequestration

Debriefing After Critical Events

Retained Surgical Items

Wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient Errors

Pressure Injuries

The Difficult Airway

Surgical Fires

Opioid Prescribing

The Pharmacist

Cardiac Device Management Tool

Clinical Initiatives

Falls Prevention

Alarm Management

Reporting Critical Findings

Early Warning Systems

Teamwork and Leadership

Simulation

Crisis Resource Management

Cognitive Aids

Handoffs

Safety Bundles

Briefings and Debriefings

Stop - Go Sign

The Universal Protocol

Communication Techniques

Overtreatment

Social Determinants of Health

Noise and Distractions

Overlapping Procedures

The Proceduralist

Breaches in Infection Control

Trainees and Procedures

Procedural Sedation

Time of the Day

The Impaired Practitioner

Physical Burnout

Fatigue and sleep deprivation

Workforce Planning

Medication Errors

Communication Breakdown

Fixation Errors  

The OK to Proceed model

Making patient safety part of your daily culture

The role of digital media in medical education

Patient Safety: An Intertwined History

Human Error in Medicine