Speaking up about patient safety requires an observant questioner and a high index of suspicion.

Speaking up about patient safety requires an observant questioner and a high index of suspicion. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 10, 2019;24.

The bundling of factors that influence the willingness of health care professionals to raise patient safety concerns is a complex component of organizational culture. This newsletter article highlights the characteristics and subsequent actions of individuals that enable patient safety risks to be identified and reliably acted upon to manage risk.

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