Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety / Joint Commission Resources
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Patient safety rounds were implemented in a pediatric tertiary care setting. Completed patient safety issues from three years of pediatric patient safety rounds and nine months of pediatric surgical safety rounds were analyzed. Completed issues were categorized into both Modified Vincent and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) categorization schemes to compare and contrast their attributes. ⋯ The use of pediatric safety rounds is a low-cost intervention that helps to partner senior leaders and frontline staff on patient safety and is an effective tool for improving patient safety in a pediatric setting.