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The Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop: Initial Testing and Refinement of a Novel Intervention to Enhance Hospital Incident Reporting and Patient Safety

2025-06-06 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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BackgroundVoluntary incident reporting has improved safety in many high-risk industries, but several barriers have limited its effectiveness in hospitals. Designed to overcome these barriers, the novel Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop: (1) obtains input from nurses about patient safety problems; (2) invites nursing units to select a Target Event to focus on; (3) teaches nurses to write more informative incident reports; (4) prompts nurses to report Target Events for a designated...

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