In situ simulation: a strategy to restore patient safety in intensive care units after the COVID-19 pandemic?

Vanesa Gómez-Pérez; Dolores Escrivá Peiró; David Sancho-Cantus; Jorge Casaña Mohedo

Review

In situ simulation: a strategy to restore patient safety in intensive care units after the COVID-19 pandemic?

February 8, 2023

Gómez-Pérez V, Escrivá Peiró D, Sancho-Cantus D, et al. Healthcare (Basel). 2023;11(2):263.

View more articles from the same authors.

The redeployment of clinicians at the beginning of the COVID-19 public health emergency necessitated rapid training of staff, particularly those assigned to the intensive care unit (ICU). This review identified effective in-situ simulations that could be used in ICUs to restore and sustain patient safety following the COVID-19 pandemic. The in-situ simulations were able to detect latent safety threats and improve patient safety culture, interprofessional communication, and system organization.

PubMed citation

Free full text

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Critical care teamwork in the future: the role of TeamSTEPPS in the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for the future.

March 15, 2023

Communication on safe caregiving between community nurse case managers and family caregivers.

April 7, 2021

Do crowdsourced hospital ratings coincide with Hospital Compare measures of clinical and nonclinical quality?

September 12, 2018

A high-reliability organization mindset.

February 22, 2023

Predictive power of the "trigger tool" for the detection of adverse events in general surgery: a multicenter observational validation study.

March 9, 2022

Preventable adverse events in obstetrics: systemic assessment of their incidence and linked risk factors.

February 16, 2022

Investigation of mental and physical health of nurses associated with errors in clinical practice.

October 26, 2022

Rethinking Patient Safety: A Discussion Guide for Patients, Healthcare Providers and Leaders.

November 1, 2023

Epidemiology of healthcare harm in New Zealand general practice: a retrospective records review study.

July 28, 2021

Maybe they had a bad day: how LGBTQ and BIPOC patients react to bias in healthcare and struggle to speak out.

September 14, 2022

Safety events in children's hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 26, 2021

The Feasibility of Determining the Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Medication Organisation Devices Compared with Usual Care for Older People in a Community Setting: Systematic Review, Stakeholder Focus Groups and Feasibility RCT.

August 10, 2016

Medication errors: the year in review.

October 23, 2019

Effect of a hospital command centre on patient safety: an interrupted time series study.

April 26, 2023

Perspectives of emergency clinicians about medical errors resulting in patient harm or malpractice litigation.

November 30, 2022

Do no unconscious harm.

March 15, 2023

Nurses' workarounds in acute healthcare settings: a scoping review.

June 19, 2013

A contemporary analysis of closed claims related to wrong site surgery.

March 29, 2023

Medical malpractice lawsuits involving trainees in obstetrics and gynecology in the USA.

September 21, 2022

Imagining improved interactions: patients' designs to address implicit bias.

March 6, 2024

Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures.

August 17, 2022

Naming the "baby" or the "beast"? The importance of concepts and labels in healthcare safety investigation.

April 5, 2023

An estimate of missed pediatric sepsis in the emergency department.

June 2, 2021

Surgery is in itself a risk factor for the patient.

June 1, 2022

Indicators for implementation outcome monitoring of reporting and learning systems in hospitals: an underestimated need for patient safety.

May 4, 2022

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report.

May 16, 2007

Racism and electronic health records (EHRs): perspectives for research and practice.

April 12, 2023

A family and hospital's journey and commitment to improving diagnostic safety.

March 9, 2022

Electronic prescribing systems in hospitals to improve medication safety: a multi-methods research programme.

December 21, 2022

Safe opioid prescribing: a prognostic machine learning approach to predicting 30-day risk after an opioid dispensation in Alberta, Canada.

June 16, 2021

Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation.

December 14, 2011

Postdischarge adverse events among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

September 7, 2022

Pointing fingers: verbosity of patient safety narratives is associated with attribution of blame.

December 8, 2021

Determination of unnecessary blood transfusion by comprehensive 15-hospital record review.

January 25, 2023

Patient Safety in the Home: Assessment of Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities.

September 6, 2017

Interventions into reliability-seeking health care organizations: a systematic review of their goals and measuring methods.

November 30, 2022

Watson: Beyond Jeopardy!

August 21, 2013

Care Post-Roe: Documenting Cases of Poor-quality Care Since the Dobbs Decision.

June 7, 2023

Patient Safety Innovations

Journal Article

Study

The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments.

November 16, 2022

Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings.

August 31, 2022

Using potentially preventable severe maternal morbidity to monitor hospital performance.

February 8, 2023

Identifying safety practices perceived as low value: an exploratory survey of healthcare staff in the United Kingdom and Australia.

March 8, 2023

Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis in the chemotherapy preparation process.

November 17, 2021

Documenting the indication for antimicrobial prescribing: a scoping review.

November 2, 2022

A 3-year study of medication incidents in an acute general hospital.

April 23, 2008

The dollar or disease burden: caps on healthcare spending may save money, but at what "cost" to patients?

March 2, 2021

Healthcare-associated adverse events in alternate level of care patients awaiting long-term care in hospital.

September 14, 2022

Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error.

September 27, 2023

Providers' and patients' perspectives on diagnostic errors in the acute care setting.

February 15, 2023

Dashboards for visual display of patient safety data: a systematic review.

October 27, 2021

Healthcare personnel's working conditions in relation to risk behaviours for organism transmission: a mixed-methods study.

July 21, 2021

Poor physician-patient communication and medical error.

June 30, 2021

Systematic review of interventions to improve safety and quality of anticoagulant prescribing for therapeutic indications for hospital inpatients

December 18, 2019

When machine learning goes off the rails. A guide to managing the risks.

March 3, 2021

The Leapfrog Group's CPOE standard and evaluation tool.

July 30, 2008

Performance of the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) tool.

June 15, 2016

Testing and improving the acceptability of a web-based platform for collective intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy in primary care clinics.

February 27, 2019

Saving Lives, Saving Money: The Imperative for Computerized Physician Order Entry in Massachusetts Hospitals.

February 27, 2008

Strategies for a safe interhospital transfer with an intubated patient or where readiness for intubation is needed: a critical incidents study.

December 21, 2022

Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review.

February 15, 2023

Assessment of the use of patient vital sign data for preventing misidentification and medical errors.

January 25, 2023

Will the COVID-19 pandemic transform infection prevention and control in surgery? Seeking leverage points for organizational learning.

January 27, 2021

Dispensing Errors.

December 16, 2020

Extended work shifts and neurobehavioral performance in resident-physicians.

March 10, 2021

Clinical and financial implications of second-opinion surgical pathology review.

April 7, 2021

Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

March 3, 2021

Emotional safety is patient safety.

February 15, 2023

Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission.

February 15, 2023

An evolution of reporting: identifying the missing link.

August 10, 2022

Association of past and future paid medical malpractice claims.

March 1, 2023

Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment facilities: findings from the 2019 Department of Defense Patient Safety Culture Survey.

March 22, 2023

"Saying sorry": some strategies for effective apology within the workplace.

January 23, 2019

Design of a safety dashboard for patients.

December 18, 2019

Health Informatics, Healthcare Quality and Safety, and Healthcare Simulation: the New Triad to Advance Healthcare Operations

January 22, 2020

Outcomes with overlapping surgery at a large academic medical center.

February 21, 2018

How to do no harm: empowering local leaders to make care safer in low-resource settings.

March 3, 2021

Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative Data.

February 22, 2023

First do no harm: practitioners' ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality.

March 3, 2021

Preventable Hospitalizations: A Window Into Primary and Preventive Care, 2000.

March 27, 2005

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report.

April 6, 2011

Implementing high-reliability organization principles into practice: a rapid evidence review.

November 11, 2020

Quest for the ideal: a redesign of the medication use system.

January 31, 2007

Broadening the concept of patient safety culture through value-based healthcare.

August 18, 2021

'Nobody cared': Women who have reported mistreatment while giving birth say CDC report validates their trauma. Advocates call for systemic change in treatment of pregnant people.

December 6, 2023

The potential of artificial intelligence to improve patient safety: a scoping review.

March 31, 2021

Medication errors at hospital admission and discharge: risk factors and impact of medication reconciliation process to improve healthcare.

October 20, 2021

Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response. Making Healthcare Safer IV Series.

August 9, 2023

Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Nursing Home Survey: 2023 User Database Report.

February 8, 2023

Burnout in Primary Care: Assessing and Addressing It in Your Practice.

May 3, 2023

Measuring psychological safety and local learning to enable high reliability organisational change.

November 9, 2022

Triggers contributing to health care clinicians' disruptive behaviors.

September 16, 2020

The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections in 2020: a summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network.

September 22, 2021

Falling through the cracks: the invisible hospital cleaning workforce.

October 26, 2022

Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates.

September 7, 2022

Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients.

April 26, 2023

Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. The FDA failed to use its power to protect them.

December 20, 2023

Causes of errors in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of atrial fibrillation by physicians.

March 14, 2007

Assessing legislative potential to institute error transparency: a state comparison of malpractice claims rates.

June 2, 2010

Race and socioeconomic bias in pediatric cardiac transplantation.

February 8, 2023

Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action.

June 28, 2023

Related Resources

Annual Perspective

Equity in Patient Safety

March 27, 2024

Delays in care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Veterans Health Administration.

May 3, 2023

The relationship between patient safety culture and the intentions of the nursing staff to report a near-miss event during the COVID-19 crisis.

April 5, 2023

Patient Safety Innovations

The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: Strong Communications Channels and Effective Practices to Rapidly Update and Implement Clinical Protocols During a Time of Crisis

March 15, 2023

In situ simulation as a tool to longitudinally identify and track latent safety threats in a structured quality improvement initiative for SARS-CoV-2 airway management: a single-center study.

February 22, 2023

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of hospitalized patients: a scoping review.

February 22, 2023

Patient safety implications of wearing a face mask for prevention in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and consensus recommendations.

February 15, 2023

The effectiveness of tele-triage during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

February 8, 2023

Medication safety incidents associated with the remote delivery of primary care: a rapid review.

January 18, 2023

Safety culture and the positive association of being a primary care training practice during COVID-19: the results of the multi-country European PRICOV-19 Study.

November 16, 2022

Recommendations for the safety of hospitalised patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

October 5, 2022

Understanding teamwork in rapidly deployed interprofessional teams in intensive and acute care: a systematic review of reviews.

September 28, 2022

'Doing the best we can': Registered nurses' experiences and perceptions of patient safety in intensive care during COVID-19.

September 7, 2022

Teamwork before and during COVID-19: the good, the same, and the ugly….

August 24, 2022

An objective framework for evaluating unrecognized bias in medical AI models predicting COVID-19 outcomes.

June 1, 2022

Creating psychological safety in interprofessional simulation for health professional learners: a scoping review of the barriers and enablers.

May 18, 2022

Effectiveness and safety of pulse oximetry in remote patient monitoring of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.

April 20, 2022

Prescribing errors in post-COVID-19 patients: prevalence, severity, and risk factors in patients visiting a post-COVID-19 outpatient clinic.

March 23, 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention efforts.

February 7, 2022

Nursing strategies to safeguard COVID-19 patients from harm in the intensive care unit.

December 8, 2021

Management of the deteriorating adult patient: does simulation-based education improve patient safety?

November 24, 2021

Critical care simulation education program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 10, 2021

Supervision, interprofessional collaboration, and patient safety in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 10, 2021

Patient Safety Innovations

Battle Buddies: rapid deployment of a psychological resilience intervention for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

October 27, 2021

Patient safety and ethical implications of healthcare sick leave policies in the pandemic era.

September 15, 2021

Crisis management for surgical teams and their leaders, lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic; a structured approach to developing resilience or natural organisational responses.

September 15, 2021

Patient factors and hospital outcomes associated with atypical presentation in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19 during the first surge of the pandemic.

August 18, 2021

'There is a real cost’: as Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care.

August 11, 2021

Guidance for health care leaders during the recovery stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: a consensus statement.

July 28, 2021

Patient safety in dermatology: a ten-year update.

June 23, 2021

See More About The Topic

Intensive Care Units

Quality and Safety Professionals

Educators

Public Health

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

In situ simulation: a strategy to restore patient safety in intensive care units after the COVID-19 pandemic?

The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments.

The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: Strong Communications Channels and Effective Practices to Rapidly Update and Implement Clinical Protocols During a Time of Crisis

Battle Buddies: rapid deployment of a psychological resilience intervention for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

In situ simulation: a strategy to restore patient safety in intensive care units after the COVID-19 pandemic?

The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments.

The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: Strong Communications Channels and Effective Practices to Rapidly Update and Implement Clinical Protocols During a Time of Crisis

Battle Buddies: rapid deployment of a psychological resilience intervention for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site