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- Title
The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events.
- Authors
van Gaal, Betsie G I; Schoonhoven, Lisette; Hulscher, Marlies E J L; Mintjes, Joke A J; Borm, George F; Koopmans, Raymond T C M; van Achterberg, Theo
- Abstract
Patients in hospitals and nursing homes are at risk of the development of, often preventable, adverse events (AEs), which threaten patient safety. Guidelines for prevention of many types of AEs are available, however, compliance with these guidelines appears to be lacking. Besides general barriers that inhibit implementation, this non-compliance is associated with the large number of guidelines competing for attention. As implementation of a guideline is time-consuming, it is difficult for organisations to implement all available guidelines. Another problem is lack of feedback about performance using quality indicators of guideline based care and lack of a recognisable, unambiguous system for implementation. A program that allows organisations to implement multiple guidelines simultaneously may facilitate guideline use and thus improve patient safety.The aim of this study is to develop and test such an integral patient safety program that addresses several AEs simultaneously in hospitals and nursing homes. This paper reports the design of this study.
- Publication
BMC health services research, 2009, Vol 9, p58
- ISSN
1472-6963
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1472-6963-9-58