Promoting patient safety through prospective risk identification: example from peri-operative care.
Smith AF, Boult M, Woods I, et al. Promoting patient safety through prospective risk identification: example from peri-operative care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(1):69-73. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.028050.
Safety improvement efforts are often guided by error data that are gathered retrospectively (e.g., incident reports). This study reports on a collaborative process used to prospectively identify safety hazards and improvement strategies in perioperative care.