This alert discusses the rates and types of patient safety events encountered across the age continuum. To identify age-related patterns of events that could have or did result in unanticipated ...
This alert discusses the incidence of hospital acquired pneumonia versus pneumonia in ventilated patients and examines the health related outcomes as well as financial impact. Research published in ...
This alert describes a patient safety incident where a patient had a feeding tube incorrectly placed in the lung instead of the abdomen. A client’s Kaofeed® tube was reinserted by ward nursing ...