Patient safety topics

Patient safety resources are categorised using these topic headings:

• Abuse/aggression and patient safety

• Consent, communication, confidentiality

• Documentation and patient safety (including checklists/patient records)

• Environment and patient safety (including cleaning, PEAT)

• Human factors and patient safety culture (including Seven Steps, teamwork, staffing)

• Medical devices/equipment

• Medication safety

• Patient accident (including slips, trips and falls)

• Patient admission, transfer, discharge (including patient ID)

• Patient assessment and diagnosis (including tests, scans)

• Patient treatment/procedure (including nutrition)

• Risk assessment and patient safety