Good seal, obvious colour coding. Unable to add additional air to cuff.
Obstacles To Patient Safety
MDevices Anaesthesia Mask
Very good seal & can add additional air. Colour coding in syringe connection.
Medical Waste Art
Please send in your images. University of Wisconsin highlights the issue through medical Waste Art (see here). Toronto nurse makes fantastic medical Waste Art (see here).
Clausen Hook – Plastic Waste
The Clausen Hook issue is being discussed through The PatientSafe Community – come and join the conversation by clicking here. Based on world estimates for general anaesthetics annually (see here) could we be discarding more than 200 million unnecessary plastic Clausen Harness Hooks every year at massive environmental expense? Since […]
Obstacles to Patient Safety
Know Your Doctor
Inspired by the great initiative from Portsmouth Hospital (see below) we’ve continued to refine the lanyard design to make it as simple as possible for anyone – patients, agency staff to understand. A simple increase in colour shade as level of experience increases combined with plain language. We’d be most […]
How big is the medical error problem?
The World Health Organisation published it’s 10 facts on patient safety this year (see here). Of note they indicate ‘There is a 1 in a million chance of a person being harmed while travelling by plane. In comparison, there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being […]
Social Conformity & Groupthink
Groupthink: A cultural phenomenon where group-self-reflection is discouraged to preserve group identity and unity. A mythical experiment is often used to illustrate groupthink – 5 hungry monkeys in a cage attack any monkey in the cage who tries to grab a banana – an experimental punishment dished out to the […]
#hellomynameis 23rd July
We’re looking to make the 23rd July a big day internationally to support the #hellomynameis campaign. We’re crowd sourcing ideas and will add them to this post. We’ve put a few in here along with some resources to share. Within the operating theatre tea room we’re looking to make a […]
