Documentation
Suggested reading materials
WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Alert 2009.
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/alerts-and-directives/alerts/safer-surgery-alert/
Surgical Safety Checklist, New England Journal of Medicine 2009
http://www.patientsafetyboard.org/DesktopModules/Documents/DocumentsView.aspx?tabID=0&
ItemID=114409&MId=5204&wversion=Staging
Healthcare Associated Infections: A Consensus Statement, ASGBI 2008.
http://www.asgbi.org.uk/en/publications/consensus_statements.cfm
College response to Health Select Committee’s Patient Safety Inquiry, RCSE 2008.
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/rcseng/content/publications/docs/rcs-response-to-health-select-committee2019s-patient-safety-inquiry
Good Surgical Practice, RCSE 2008
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/rcseng/content/publications/docs/good-surgical-practice-1
Coding for Success: Simple technology for safer patient care, Department of Health 2007.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_066082
Safer care for the acutely ill patient: learning from serious incidents, National Patient Safety Agency 2007
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/alerts-and-directives/directives-guidance/acutely-ill-patient/
WHO - Safer Surgery Saves Lives - WHO, 2007
http://www.patientsafetyboard.org/DesktopModules/Documents/DocumentsView.aspx?tabID=0&
ItemID=32208&MId=5204&wversion=Staging
Safety first: a report for patients, clinicians and healthcare managers, Department of Health 2006.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_062848
Leadership Guide to Patient Safety, Institute for Health Improvement 2006
http://www.patientsafetyboard.org/DesktopModules/Documents/DocumentsView.aspx?tabID=0&
ItemID=31896&MId=5204&wversion=Staging
Cleanyourhands, National Patients Safety Agency
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/cleanyourhands
The Hospital at Night (HaN), National Patients Safety Agency
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/nrls/alerts-and-directives/directives-guidance/han/