Patient Safety Centre References/Links

Open Disclosure References

Pressure Ulcer Prevention References/Links 

Falls Injury Prevention References

Patient Safety References
Learning from Bristol 2001
The Quality in Australian Health Care Study 1995
To Err Is Human: Bulding a Safer Health System 1999
Five Years After to Err is Human - What Have We Learned? 2005
How Safe Are Australian Hospitals? 1995

Open Disclosure References
ACSQHC website www.safetyandquality.gov.au
http://psnet.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?taxonomyID=624
Open Disclosure Standard
Open Disclosure Draft District Implmentation Guidelines
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in
Health Care (October 2008), Windows into Safety
and Quality in Health Care 2008, ACSQHC, Sydney.

Mental Health Branch

Mental Health Act 2000

Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Achieving Balance: Report of the Queensland Review
of Fatal Mental Health Sentinel Events

Queensland Health Reducing Suicide Prevention Strategy
2003-2008

Safety First. Five-year report of the National Confidential Inquiry 
into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness (UK)

Tracking Tragedy: A systematic look at suicides and homicides
amongst mental health inpatients (NSW, Australia) 

The Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention
(AISRAP)

Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (USA)

Patient Safety Matters. September 2008

Australian Wound Management Association
(Qld Branch)

South Australian Wound Management Association (SA Branch)

Judy Waterlow website

Victorian Health Information on Pressure Ulcers

Wound Care Association (Tas Branch)

Wound Care Association (NSW Branch) 

Australian Medical Association 2006 Safe Handover:
Safe Patients- Guidance on Clinical Handover for
Clinicans and Managers

British Medical Association 2004 Safe Handover:
Safe Patients-Guidance on Clinical Handover for Clinicans
and Managers.

ACSQHC 2005 Passing The Baton Of Care - the patient relay. 
Workshop Report 19 April 2005.  This resource is available
on the ACSQHC website at   www.safetyandquality.gov.au 
on the ASCQH website under previous council publications. 
This link has not been listed due to frequent changes on the
ACSQHC site.

Arora, V., Johnson, J., Humphrey, H. & Meltzer, D. 2005
Communication failures in patient sign-out and suggestions for
improvement: a critical incident analysis
Quality & Safety in Health Care (14): 401-407 

Groff, H & Augello, T. 2003 From Theory to Practice: An
Interview with Dr Michael Leonard, Forum July 2003: 10-13,
Risk Management Foundation: Harvard Medical Institutions 

Scott, I 2005 The Essentials of Clinical Handover

Falls Injury Prevention References

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