Senior staff safety rounds: a commitment to ensure safety is the top priority.

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Senior staff safety rounds: a commitment to ensure safety is the top priority.

May 16, 2018

O'Connell RT, Ivy ME. NEJM Catalyst. May 1, 2018.

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Leadership participation at the front lines can drive safety improvement work. This commentary describes how one organization used a Safety Attitudes Questionnaire to structure an executive rounding initiative and reports the positive impact of the program. Face-to-face interaction with leaders contributed to real-time improvements.

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