Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 137-140, April 2008

National Patient Safety Agency: Improving patient safety across all critical care areas

  • Simon Keady

      Affiliations

    • Women and Children's Services, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +0845 155 5000.
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  • Meera Thacker

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Services, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, UK

Accepted 24 August 2007.

Summary 

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) reviews patient safety incidents throughout the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom and aims to initiate preventative measures. Recent alerts include injectable medication, oral syringes for enternal administration, preventing hyponatraemia in children and anticoagulation. This article gives an insight into the rationale and steps currently being undertaken to respond to these recommendations.

Keywords: National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), Risk, Injectable, Oral syringes, Hyponatraemia, Anticoagulation

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PII: S0964-3397(07)00093-6

doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2007.08.006

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 137-140, April 2008

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