Niamh Adams from the INMO library team runs through the information resources on patient safety in the workplace
The INMO Library is working in conjunction with the Safe Practice Campaign to ensure that members have the most upto- date and correct information regarding patient safety in the workplace.
Guidance documents, policies and other information can be difficult to locate and members may not have sufficient time to search for documents themselves. The library welcomes queries from members who have attended the safe practice workshops and require further information on a particular topic that may have been discussed during the workshop.
Outlined below are some recent important reports, articles and documents concerning safe practice. All these can be accessed via the Nurse2Nurse website at www.nurse2nurse.ie
The library team have also put together a knowledge centre of resources based on the workshop discussions. These are available via the INMO website at (www.inmo.ie) and Nurse2Nurse. Outlined below are some details of what is included and how to access this information.
Mid Staffordshire (Francis Report)
The final report of the Mid Staffordshire
NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry was
published in February. It is a very detailed
report consisting of three volumes which
address why the system failed so many
people and why so many people suffered
unnecessarily.
The chairperson of the Trust outlines 290 recommendations in the executive summary. Volume 1 and 2 of the report provide an analysis of evidence and lessons learned from Mid Staffordshire, including chapters on warning signs, the Trust, the different regulation bodies and their roles. Volume 3 is entitled ‘Present and Future Annexes’ and includes chapters on culture, values and standards, nursing, leadership and openness/ transparency.
Hand hygiene and cleanliness
Twelve unannounced assessment
reports published by HIQA focus on
hand hygiene and hospital cleanliness,
and two assessment reports deal with a
range of elements essential for the control
and prevention of healthcare associated
infections.
The reports are part of a new programme of work for HIQA to assess the impact of its ‘National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections’ on improving patient safety within our hospitals.
Skill mix and patient outcomes
Twigg D, Duffield C, Bremner A , Rapley
P & Finn J (2012) ‘Impact of skill mix
variations on patient outcomes following
implementation of nursing hours
per patient day staffing: a retrospective
study’, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(12),
2710–2718
Nurse staffing and quality of care
‘What’s So Hard to Understand: Patient
Safety, Quality Care Linked to Nurse
Staffing’, January 29, 2013 by Maureen
Shawn Kennedy.
This is short, interesting blog written by the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing.
Accessing safe practice workshop
resources
In order to locate documents in relation
to safe practice, the library team has
created an area where the most important
and widely used information can be
accessed. You will require a username and
password to access this area. If you do not
already have these access details, please
contact the library to obtain them.
From the INMO home page: Click ‘Safe Practice Campaign’, then ‘Tools for Safe Practice’ and then ‘Safe Practice Resources’.
From Nurse2Nurse homepage: Go to N2N Directory and then click ‘Patient Safety’ – here you can access the following links and resources:
If you can’t find what you are looking for, contact the library directly. For queries about this article, accessing the websites or for any other library service, contact:
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