Journal of patient safety
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Journal of patient safety · Sep 2011
Physicians-in-training attitudes on patient safety: 2003 to 2008.
: Physician trainees will embody medicine's future culture. We assess whether trainees' patient safety attitudes have evolved over time. ⋯ : Physician trainee safety attitudes at 1 institution improved between 2003 and 2008, and these trainees support many system-based solutions to adverse events. The changes seem incremental and responses do not fully align with all aspects of a safety culture. Cultural change in health care must involve trainees and address their attitudes.
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Journal of patient safety · Sep 2011
Physicians' attitudes toward reporting medical errors-an observational study at a general hospital in Saudi Arabia.
: Accurate medical error reporting is crucial for reducing the occurrence of such errors and their adverse consequences. This study aims to investigate the views of physicians about medical error reporting in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. ⋯ : The physicians in our study are likely to disclose errors made by a colleague only if the error resulted in a severe damage to the patient, and as such, medical errors go underreported for a variety of reasons. It was felt that assurance of confidentiality and protection from backlash would promote medical error disclosure.
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Journal of patient safety · Sep 2011
Preoperative surgical briefings do not delay operating room start times and are popular with surgical team members.
: This study was carried out to evaluate the introduction of preoperative safety briefings on operating theater start times. In addition, we assessed staff attitudes toward the safety briefings. Lack of time, motivation, and a negative perception in staff are often cited as barriers to the implementation of safety briefings. ⋯ : The safety briefings were popular among staff and did not delay the operating theater start time.