Hospital-wide cardiac arrest in situ simulation to identify and mitigate latent safety threats.

Suzanne K Bentley; Alexander Meshel; Lorraine Boehm; Barbara Dilos; Mamie McIndoe; Rachel Carroll-Bennett; Alfredo J Astua; Lillian Wong; Colleen Smith; Laura Iavicoli; Julia LaMonica; Tania Lopez; Jose Quitain; Guirlene Dube; Alex F Manini; Joseph L. Halbach; Michael Meguerdichian; Komal Bajaj

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Hospital-wide cardiac arrest in situ simulation to identify and mitigate latent safety threats.

June 8, 2022

Bentley SK, Meshel A, Boehm L, et al. Adv Simul (Lond). 2022;7(1):15.

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In situ simulations are an effective method to identify latent safety threats (LST). Seventy-four in situ cardiac arrest simulations were conducted in one hospital, identifying 106 unique LSTs. Four LSTs were deemed imminent safety threats and were immediately resolved following debrief; another 15 were prioritized as high-risk.

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