Abstract Objective The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC or “the Campaign”) developed
guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock. A performance improvement …

Safety in aviation has often been compared with safety in healthcare. Following a recent
article in this journal, the UK government set up an Independent Patient Safety Investigation …

Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and
economic viability-to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas-and has …

Annotation" The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to resilience engineering of
systems, covering both the theoretical and practical aspects. It is written for people who, as …

Is the human a problem to control, or a solution to harness? For half a century, safety
thinking was dominated by the idea that people are the target for intervention. The “human …

Background A growing body of peer-reviewed studies demonstrate the importance of safety
culture in healthcare safety improvement, but little attention has focused on developing a …

Background: This study describes a nationwide survey that estimates the number and
characteristics of anesthesia-related deaths for the year 1999. Methods: Death certificates …

This paper examines the bureaucratization of safety, and the increase in safety as
measurable bureaucratic accountability. The bureaucratization of safety—which has …

Objective To assess whether structured team briefings improve operating room
communication. Design, Setting, and Participants This 13-month prospective study used a …

'Ghost of the Future,'he exclaimed,'I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I
know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I …