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Decreasing Unplanned Extubations By Taping Technique & Creating A Culture Of Safety, Karishma Rao, Beckie Palmer, Christopher R. Nitkin, Christian Anthony Schneider, Brandy Huitt, Molly Terhune, Ashley Orwick, Dianne Wilderson, Sarah Carboneau, Jenny Mckee, Kerrie A. Meinert, Eugenia K. Pallotto May 2019

Decreasing Unplanned Extubations By Taping Technique & Creating A Culture Of Safety, Karishma Rao, Beckie Palmer, Christopher R. Nitkin, Christian Anthony Schneider, Brandy Huitt, Molly Terhune, Ashley Orwick, Dianne Wilderson, Sarah Carboneau, Jenny Mckee, Kerrie A. Meinert, Eugenia K. Pallotto

Presentations

Describes strategies used to decrease the unplanned extubation rate in the Level IV neonatal intensive care unit to less than 1.0 event per 100 ventilator days by December 2018.


Patient Safety Culture And High Reliability Organizations, Jared D. Padgett Jun 2014

Patient Safety Culture And High Reliability Organizations, Jared D. Padgett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A 1999 evaluation of case studies performed by staff from the Institute of Medicine found that between 40,000 and 98,000 patients died from preventable errors, while 43,598 individuals died in car accidents that year. A 2011 report increased that estimate nearly 10 times. Widespread preventable patient harm still occurs despite an increase in healthcare regulations. High-reliability organization theory has contributed to improved safety and may potentially reverse this trend. This explorative single case study explored how the perceptions and experiences of nursing and respiratory staff affected the successful transition of a healthcare organization into a reliability-seeking organization. Fourteen participants from …