On the safe side? Safety culture and patient safety in German anesthesiology clinics-A nationwide survey on the status quo

CONCLUSION: Anesthesiologists rate the quality of the safety culture of their own anesthesiology department to be higher compared to their hospital in general. In some hospitals there is denouncement in cases of erroneous courses according to the respondents. In the patients' point of view morbidity and mortality conferences should be established more often. CIRS is known to almost every surveyed anesthetist but feedback on a regular basis is sparse. This contradicts the claims of the German Coalition for Patient Safety. The acronym SBAR is unknown to the majority of surveyed participants despite the recommendation of the DGAI to implement it. There is a wish for tools in order to enhance the quality of handovers.PMID:35181804 | DOI:10.1007/s00101-021-01073-9

Source: Der Anaesthesist - February 19, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Hanke E Marcus W Golbeck M Schieren J Defosse F Wappler A B öhmer Source Type: research