Do safety briefings improve patient safety in the acute hospital setting? A systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Do safety briefings improve patient safety in the acute hospital setting? A systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published February 2019

Do safety briefings improve patient safety in the acute hospital setting? A systematic review.

Ryan S, Ward M, Vaughan D, et al. J Adv Nurs. 2019 Feb 28; [Epub ahead of print].

Safety briefings increase clinical team awareness of activities. In this systematic review, the authors found that safety briefings have the potential to improve safety culture and may have a positive impact on a variety of patient outcomes.

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