Patient Safety Research in the UK and Beyond: 10 Years of Research and Policy to Make Health Care Safer

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Sherman H , Castro G , Fletcher M . Towards an international classification for patient safety: the conceptual framework. Int J Qual Health Care 2009; 21: 2–8

Working together for safer care: The Patient Safety Research Portfolio and the National Patient Safety Agency. See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/research-and-evidence/

See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/index.shtml

Westwood M , Rodgers M , Sowden A , Firth Cozens J , Golder S , Glanville J . Patient safety - mapping the literature. Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 2001. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS001_Project_ Summary.shtml

Vincent C , ed. Clinical Risk Management. 2nd edn. London: BMJ Books, 2001

Lilford R , Stirling S , Maillard N . Citation classics in patient safety research: an invitation to contribute to an online bibliography. Qual Saf Health Care 2006; 15: 311–13

Brown C , Hofer T , Johal A An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 1. Conceptualising and developing interventions. Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 158–62

Brown C , Hofer T , Johal A An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 2. Study design. Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 163–9

Brown C , Hofer T , Johal A An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 3. End points and measurement. Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 170–7

Brown C , Hofer T , Johal A An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 4. One size does not fit all. Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 178–81

See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS007_Project_Summary.shtml

Brown CA , Lilford RJ . The stepped wedge trial design: a systematic review. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006; 6: 54

Vincent C , Aylin P , Franklin BD Is healthcare getting safer? BMJ 2008; 337: 2426

Shaw I . The reporting of clinical incidents-achieving high quality reporting: the results of a short research study. Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 2001. See http://www.haps.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS004_Project_ Summary.shtml

Fenn P , Gray A , Rivero-Arias O The epidemiology of error: an analysis of databases of clinical negligence. Manchester: Victoria University of Manchester, 2004. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS006_Project_Summary.shtml

Hutchinson A , Young TA , Cooper KL Trends in healthcare incident reporting and relationship to safety and quality data in acute hospitals: results from the National Reporting and Learning System. Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 5–10

Benn J , Koutantji M , Wallace L Feedback from incident reporting: information and action to improve patient safety. Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 11–21

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/patient-safety-incident-data/organisation-reports/

NPSA. Acting on Serious Risks to Patients. London: NPSA, 2009

Sandars J , Esmail A . Threats to patient safety in primary care. A review of the research into the frequency and nature of error in primary care. Manchester: University of Manchester, 2001. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS003_Project_Summary.shtml

NPSA. Seven Steps to Patient Safety for Primary Care. London: NPSA, 2006

NPSA. Seven Steps to Patient Safety: Your Guide to Safer Patient Care. London: NPSA, 2004

Ashcroft B . Summary of findings from the root cause analysis of 37 adverse events and near misses in obstetrics. Salford: University of Salford, 2001. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS014_Project_Summary.shtml

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/improvingpatientsafety/patient-safety-tools-and-guidance/rootcauseanalysis/

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/improvingpatientsafety/patient-safety-tools-and-guidance/beingopen/

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/improvingpatientsafety/patient-safety-tools-and-guidance/incidentdecisiontree/

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/improvingpatientsafety/humanfactors/mapsaf/

See http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/improvingpatientsafety/humanfactors/foresight/

McDonald R , Waring J , Harrison S , Boaden R , Walshe K , Parker D . An Ethnographic Study of Threats to Patient Safety in the Operating Theatre. Manchester: University of Manchester, 2001. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS008_Project_Summary.shtml

Healey A , Vincent C . Enhancing Safety in Surgery. London: Imperial College London, 2006. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS009_Project_Summary.shtml

Woloshynowych M , Davis R , Brown R , Wears R , Vincent C , Lyons M . Enhancing Safety in Accident and Emergency Care. London: Imperial College London, 2006. See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS010_Project_Summary.shtml

Haynes AB , Weiser TG , Berry WR A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 491–9

Lankshear AJ , Sheldon TA , Lowson KV Evaluation of the implementation of the alert issued by the UK National Patient Safety Agency on the storage and handling of potassium chloride concentrate solution. Qual Saf Health Care 2005; 14: 196–201

Lankshear A , Lowson K , Harden J Making patients safer: nurses’ responses to patient safety alerts. J Adv Nurs 2008; 63: 567–75

See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS016_ Project_Summary.shtml

NPSA. Safety in Doses: Medication Safety Incidents in the NHS. London: NPSA, 2007

See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS019_Project_Summary.shtml

See http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/PS020_Project_Summary.shtml