Building a Patient Safety Toolkit for use in general practice.
Bell BG, Spencer R, Marsden K, et al. Building a Patient Safety Toolkit for use in general practice. InnovAiT. 2016;9(9):557-562. doi:10.1177/1755738016650468.
Although most patient safety efforts have focused on inpatient care, the majority of health care actually takes place in the ambulatory setting. This commentary discusses the development of a toolkit for general practitioners in the United Kingdom that provides various instruments to help prevent and analyze safety problems. Materials included in the kit are a trigger tool, medication reconciliation form, and significant event audit template.