Introducing the safety score audit for staff member and patient safety.

Michael Sinnott; Robert Eley; Sarah Winch

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Introducing the safety score audit for staff member and patient safety.

July 16, 2014

Sinnott M, Eley R, Winch S. AORN J. 2014;100(1):91-5.

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This commentary describes a program designed to enhance safety culture in hospitals for patients and health care workers. The author illustrates examples of tools to determine areas for improvement and augment safety behaviors.

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