Building a culture of safety into your patient safety plan
Patient Safety Monitor, August 1, 2008
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<p><i>Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from the new HCPro book, </i>The Patient Safety Officer’s Handbook,<i> by Lisa Khanna, RN, BSN. Visit </i><a href="http://www.hcmarketplace.com/">www.hcmarketplace.com</a><i> to find out more about this book and other strategies to aid your med-ication reconciliation process.</i></p>
<p>Healthcare as an industry has developed in an environment that does not foster safety. Some of the factors that contribute to the underreporting of errors are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Potential litigation</li>
<li>Power gradient (Some professions are viewed as more powerful than others)</li>
<li>Lack of understanding of other professionals’ roles</li><ul/>
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