The role of informal dimensions of safety in high-volume organisational routines: an ethnographic study of test results handling in UK general practice. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The role of informal dimensions of safety in high-volume organisational routines: an ethnographic study of test results handling in UK general practice. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published April 2017

The role of informal dimensions of safety in high-volume organisational routines: an ethnographic study of test results handling in UK general practice.

Grant S, Checkland K, Bowie P, Guthrie B. Implement Sci. 2017;12:56.

Test result management is a critical aspect of ambulatory patient safety. This direct observation study identified highly variable strategies across outpatient practices with different vulnerabilities. These results underscore the need to develop interventions to enhance management of test results.

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