Together we’ll create the best environment for patient care
The #TheatreCapChallenge has been discussed in mainstream media internationally with write ups in Chinese, American, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Indonesian newspapers. Over 2 days it was the most read article in the Sydney Morning Herald with over 1 million reads on one day, over 300,000 likes and 30,000 comments […]
In 2004 the NHS U.K. sent out this safety alert. By 2006 the ‘Crash Call’ telephone number had been standardised. For more information on how the NHS achieved this please click on this link (see here). The whole of Europe is now trying to standardise to 2222 (see here). A recent […]
An increasing number of manufacturers supply name and role theatre hats. Please click on images below for the link: From ANZCA PS64 (Statement on Environmental Sustainability in Anaesthesia): Use of reusable surgical gowns, dedicated operating theatre footwear and freshly laundered lint free hats will reduce the amount of single use […]
Does your hospital use poorly distinguishable pink chlorhexidine – it’s lead to the death & morbidity of numerous patients (see here). Help ‘Paint the World Red for Patient Safety’. [huge_it_maps id=”5″] Click on icon for hospital name – Blue icon hospitals use poorly distinguishable chlorhexidine, Red icons use a safer alternative. […]
Everyone I’ve ever met in healthcare wants the best for patients yet medical error has been reported as the third greatest cause of death. I’ve spent years focussing on patient safety projects and learnt how current healthcare culture often stifles improvement. All the while I’ve been desperately searching for a way […]
‘Whatever you do don’t get into this. There’s nothing you can do. It will only send you mad.’ Sage words from a gastroenterologist I’d never met before. A patient of his had a ruptured bowel – the pressure of gas, delivered during colonoscopy, far too high. He’d tried for […]
The healthcare safety machine needs fixing. Is there anyone out there who can help? Medical error has been reported as the third greatest cause of death. We know this. ‘The real problem isn’t how to stop bad doctors from harming, even killing, their patients. It’s how to prevent good doctors […]
