qualitysafety.bmj20h
Standardisation of perioperative urinary catheter use to reduce postsurgical urinary tract infection: an interrupted time series study
Background Prevention of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) has been the focus of a national effort, yet appropriate indications for insertion and removal of urinary catheters (UC) ...
qualitysafety.bmj4d
Patient safety culture: factors that influence clinician involvement in patient safety behaviours
Objectives To develop an understanding of the factors that influence patient safety-related behaviours by nurses, doctors and allied health staff employed by Queensland Health, using a theory-driven ...
qualitysafety.bmj6d
Diagnostic delay: lessons learnt from marginalised voices
Diagnostic delay, a type of diagnostic error, is the failure to establish an accurate and timely diagnosis; diagnostic delay remains a significant source of error in ...
qualitysafety.bmj4d
A ‘Communication and Patient Safety’ training programme for all healthcare staff: can it make a difference?
Clinical Governance Unit, Metro South District, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Peter Lee, Clinical Governance Unit, Level 1 Melbourne St Office, Queensland ...
qualitysafety.bmj5d
A decision-tree model to estimate the impact on cost-effectiveness of a venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guideline
Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Turin, Italy Background and objective: The impact of clinical guidelines (GL) on venous ...