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Increasing medication error reporting rates while reducing harm through simultaneous cultural and system-level interventions in an intensive care unit.
Abstoss KM, Shaw BE, Owens TA, Juno JL, Commiskey EL, Niedner MF. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;914-922.

This study implemented a series of unit-based safety interventions and discovered notable relationships between improved safety culture and greater medication safety. The authors advocate for interventions that promote a positive safety culture at the unit level.
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