Articles

Measures to strengthen drug safety in acute care

Authors: Manela Glarcher, Monika Hoffberger and Tamara Fercher

Clinical risk management in radiotherapy: Published guidelines and own experience

Authors: Peter Winkler, Tanja Langsenlehner, Edith Geyer, Astrid Oechs, Andreas Uller and Karin Kapp

Risk of Confusion in the Prescription and Administration of Generic Drugs

Authors: Gerald Wendelin, Sabine Löffler, Elisabeth Thierrichter, Astrid Sonnleitner and Wolfgang Schwinger

The implementation of "Intranet based therapeutic schemata" for comprehensive diagnostic and therapy guidelines

Authors: Astrid E Sonnleitner, Gerald Wendelin, Jörg Jahnel, Sebastian Bauchinger, Elisabeth Thierrichter and Sabine Löffler

Results from the Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) at an Interventional Radiology Unit

Authors: Christian Schnedl, Gerald Sendlhofer and Hannes Deutschmann

Surgical Safety Checklist: Practice in Cranio-Maxiollofacial Surgery

Authors: Monika Schanbacher, Julia Maria Priller, Gerald Sendlhofer, Lucia Gerzanic and Katja Schwenzer-Zimmerer

Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference: Preliminary Experience in Cranio-Maxiollofacial Surgery

Authors: Julia M Priller, Monika Schanbacher, Gerald Sendlhofer, Christian Hörath and Katja Schwenzer-Zimmerer

Pressure ulcer prevention - more than a problem of documentation? An Evidence-based approach

Authors: Luise Heinrich, Jochen Schmitt, Maria Eberlein-Gonska and Thomas Petzold

Insulin Prescription Charts at a University Hospital: High Variability of Design Characteristics

Authors: Julia Kopanz, Katharina M Neubauer, Gerald Sendlhofer, Barbara Semlitsch, Andreas Pak, Thomas R Pieber and Johannes Plank

Patient Safety in Surgery: All about Teamwork and Communication?

Authors: Lars-Peter Kamolz, Stephan Spendel, David Lumenta and Gerald Sendlhofer

Success Factors of Clinical Risk Management - Measuring a Safety Index

Authors: Peter Gausmann and Marsha Fleischer

Leak in Surgical Safety Checklist?

Authors: Franz J Fellacher, Doris Walter, Daniel Aldrian, Franz J Seibert and Renate Krassnig

Implementing a quality management system in dietetics for improving patient safety

Authors: AM Eisenberger, M Potzinger, E Kugel and S Fuchs

Improving patient outcomes through perioperative nutrition support

Authors: AM Eisenberger, J Pfeifer, S Fuchs and S Gabor

Psychometric testing of the "Graz Malnutrition Screening Tool" (GMS) - Validity, Reliability, Sensitivity & Specificity

Authors: D Eglseer, AM Eisenberger, G Wirnsberger and RE Roller

Feasibility trial to assess the patient safety culture in the professional group of dietitians

Authors: Sarah Geil, Gerald Sendlhofer, Hermann Toplak, Gudrun Pregartner and Elisabeth Pail

Hand hygiene compliance in a tertiary university hospital

Authors: Kathrin Pepper, Hermine Hörhan, Cornelia Jeuschnigger, Christine Prietl, Claudia Höfer, Brigitte Kober, Renate Zierler and Gerald Sendlhofer

Learning and reporting system in a tertiary university hospital compared to the Austrian-wide open access system

Authors: Gerald Sendlhofer, Brigitte Kober, Karina Leitgeb and Monika Schanbacher

An explorative comparison of self - perception and the perception of others concerning postoperative nausea and vomiting in infants

Authors: Fabian Veigl, Brigitte Messerer, Alexander Avian and Andrea Berghold

Supplementary non pharmacological interventions in patients of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Authors: Sabine Sailer

Assessment of postoperative pain management at a maxillofacial surgery ward

Authors: Birgit A Kiefer, Monika Schanbacher, Bernd Pichler, Christine Foussek, Lydia Jantscher, Nadja Nestler and Andreas Sandner-Kiesling

Sleep and sleepiness in relation to pain in pediatric surgery patients - an exploratory pilot study

Authors: Lukas J Rulfs, Brigitte Messerer, Alexander Avian and Andrea Berghold

Postoperative nausea and vomiting and opioids in children

Authors: Marlies Labugger, Alexander Avian, Brigitte Messerer and Andreas Sandner-Kiesling

Post-operative sleep quality and pain in children and adolescents

Authors: Julian Kammel, Brigitte Messerer, Alexander Avian and Andrea Berghold

Cause of maximum pain in hospitalized children and adolescents - A pilot project

Authors: Teresa Heitzeneder, Andreas Sandner-Kiesling, Alexander Avian and Brigitte Messerer

Fascia as a Proprioceptive Organ and its Role in Chronic Pain - a Review of Current Literature

Authors: Cornelia Kopeinig, Barbara Gödl-Purrer and Beate Salchinger

A hospital stay - the children's view

Authors: Alexander Avian, Brigitte Messerer, Sebastian Diem, Andrea Berghold, Andreas Sandner-Kiesling and Annelie Weinberg

Personal radiation monitoring of occupationally exposed radiographers in the biggest tertiary referral hospital in Ghana

The use of radiation in the health sector is of tremendous diagnostic and therapeutic benefit to patients. However, scatter radiation associated with its use poses detrimental risks to occupational staff and o...

Authors: Benard Ohene Botwe, William K. Antwi, Kofi Kyei Adesi, Samuel Anim-Sampong, Alberta M. E. Dennis, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie and Samuel Yaw Opoku

Clinical and epidemiological differences and risk factors for death among solid organ transplant recipients with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bloodstream infections

Describe clinical and epidemiological differences and risk factors for death among Bloodstream Infections (BSI) caused by Gram Negative (GN) and Gram Positive (GP) bacteria in the setting of solid organ transp...

Authors: Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, M. Silva Jr, A. R. Marra and L. F. A. Camargo

Improving transitional patient safety: research protocol of the Transitional Incident Prevention Programme

Patient transitions between primary and hospital care include referral, discharge, and simultaneous care by the outpatient clinic and the general practitioner (GP). Research on referrals and discharge shows th...

Authors: Marije A. van Melle, Dorien L. M. Zwart, Antoinette A. de Bont, Ineke W. M. Mol, Henk F. van Stel and Niek J. de Wit

The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

Patient safety has been considered the heart of healthcare quality. This study aims to explore relationships between patient safety culture and adverse event rates at unit levels in Palestinian hospitals, and ...

Authors: Shahenaz Najjar, Nashat Nafouri, Kris Vanhaecht and Martin Euwema

Patient safety culture within a university hospital: feasibility trial

Developing a patient safety culture is an evolving process for organizations. An accepted tool to assess the patient safety culture is the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). Recently, the HSOP...

Authors: Gerald Sendlhofer, Christian Wölfler and Gudrun Pregartner

Development of infrastructure and logistics of a field hospital created to delivering care during dengue outbreak

Dengue is considered one of the main tropical diseases in the world and Brazil is among the countries susceptible to some infectious diseases. Thus, it is necessary to provide medical care in difficult-to-acce...

Authors: José Frederico Corte, Artur Martins Codeço and Cléber de Moraes Motta

Identifying barriers and benefits of patient safety event reporting toward user-centered design

To learn from errors, electronic patient safety event reporting systems (e-reporting systems) have been widely adopted to collect medical incidents from the frontline practitioners in US hospit...

Authors: Yang Gong, Hsing-Yi Song, Xinshuo Wu and Lei Hua

Hand hygiene behavior in a tertiary university hospital: differences between surgical and nonsurgical departments

Health care-associated infections are a major patient safety issue worldwide. Hand hygiene (HH) campaigns have started all over the world to increase awareness and decrease HH barriers. The aim of this study w...

Authors: Sendlhofer G., R. Krause, B. Kober, Vander K., R. Zierler, G. Brunner, T. Augustin, L. Stelzl and L. P. Kamolz

Isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) not belonging to the Brazilian epidemic clone

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections.

Authors: Marinês Dalla Valle Martino, Luci Correa, Antônio Carlos Campos Pignatari, Moacyr Silva Jr, Itacy Siqueira, Fernanda Marques Castrucci, Jacyr Pasternak, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos and Alexandre Rodrigues Marra

An ontology‐based clinical data warehouse for scientific research

Medical research but also quality management is based upon medical data. The integration, validation, processing, and exploration of this data is known to be a technical obstacle for researching medical domain...

Authors: Dominic Girardi, Johannes Dirnberger and Michael Giretzlehner

Goniometer-apps in hand surgery and their applicability in daily clinical practice

Smartphones have become an integral part of our daily lives, and numerous applications (apps) make use of the goniometer, which is comparable to a medical protractor. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...

Authors: Paul Kuegler, Paul Wurzer, Alexandru Tuca, Gerald Sendlhofer, David Benjamin Lumenta, Michael Giretzlehner and Lars-Peter Kamolz

Getting more efficient Rapid Response System (RRS) utilization by the use of a general ward based deteriorating patient contract

To determine if a general ward-based plan to address the deteriorating patient could improve RRS utilization over and above a mandatory organizational policy and procedure.

Authors: Michael Buist, Stuart Marshall, Bill Shearer, Monica Finnigan, Tonina Hore, Tamica Sturgess and Stuart Wilson

Medical device registries for breast implants - where to?

This comment discusses the requirements, challenges and limitations for setting up medical device registries for breast implants. Previous experiences, notably the PIP implant scandal in 2010, revealed the ina...

Authors: David Benjamin Lumenta and Rodney D Cooter

Client, caregiver, and provider perspectives of safety in palliative home care: a mixed method design

Palliative care clients with complex needs are increasingly choosing to remain at home for their care. Home represents familiarity, presence of supportive family and friends, potential for normalcy and, a safe...

Authors: Ariella Lang, Lynn Toon, S Robin Cohen, Kelli Stajduhar, Melissa Griffin, Andrea R Fleiszer, Tony Easty and Allison Williams

Evolution of patient safety culture in Belgian acute, psychiatric and long-term care hospitals

In Belgium, the federal government launched a national program to support hospitals for implementing quality and patient safety strategies. One of the main objectives in the federal program is the development ...

Authors: Annemie Vlayen, Johan Hellings, Leandro Garcia Barrado, Margareta Haelterman, Hilde Peleman, Ward Schrooten and Neree Claes

Get in touch with safety in health

Authors: Gerald Sendlhofer and Lars Peter Kamolz