Objective To systematically quantify the prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable
patient harm across a range of medical settings globally. Design Systematic review and …

Introduction: Adverse events in hospitals constitute a serious problem with grave
consequences. Many studies have been conducted to gain an insight into this problem, but …

Background: Up to 50% of adverse events that occur in hospitals are preventable. Language
barriers and disabilities that affect communication have been shown to decrease quality of …

Objective The aim of this systematic review was to develop a 'contributory factors
framework'from a synthesis of empirical work which summarises factors contributing to …

A complete resource, this handbook presents current knowledge on concepts and methods
of human factors and ergonomics, and their applications to help improve quality, safety …

Hospital errors are a seemingly intractable problem and continuing threat to public health.
Errors resist intervention because too often the interventions deployed fail to address the …

This study focused on work-related stress among nurses working with critically ill patients.
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of work-related stress with regard to patient …

Objective This integrative review aimed to examine and understand nurses' experiences of
voluntary error reporting (VER) and elucidate factors underlying their decision to engage in …

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of adverse events in medical and surgical activity in
public and private hospitals, and to assess the clinical situation of patients and the active …

This study investigated the combined effects of ethnicity, deprivation and geographical
access to health services on the likelihood of survival from a range of common cancers in …