Patient safety awareness campaign resources

Videos

PSAW 2022

A webinar on the impact, challenges and effects of antimicrobial resistance within pathology specialties on patient safety as part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Week with expert panel from various specialties and external organisations.

 

PSAW 2020

Watch our videos with trainees discussing error scenarios and discover how we can foster a positive culture of learning from those mistakes.  

 Video 1 – Patient safety scenario: cellular pathology

Video 2 – Patient safety scenario: molecular pathology and genomics

 Video 3 – Patient safety scenario: medical microbiology

 

 

Podcasts

Click on the buttons below to access the podcasts on SoundCloud. 

Quality and safety in laboratory medicine practice
Pathologist and patient; sharing the journey

Infographic

PSAW 2021

Find out how patient safety depends on pathologists and laboratories in our infographic by Professor Peter Johnston, made as part of Patient Safety Awareness week 2021.

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Articles

PSAW 2020

This document provides guidance to assist trainees when initiating discussions about errors and mistakes in their departments.

 

PSAW 2021

In this article, Dr Gareth McKeeman explains how his role in producing resources for Patient Safety Awareness Week 2020 developed into a wider-reaching project to improve communication between patients and pathologists and the experience of patients. Dr McKeeman highlights how patient experience is integral to patient safety.

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