Even though haemodialysis (HD) has transformed from an extraordinary to a commonplace
procedure over the past 50 years, outpatient dialysis centres can be potentially hazardous …

Patient safety is the foundation of high-quality health care. More than 350,000 patients
receive dialysis in the United States, and the safety of their care is ultimately the …

The potential for harm from errors and adverse events in dialysis is significant. Achieving a
culture of safety in dialysis to reduce the potential harm to patients has been challenging …

Today, a growing activity to improve patient safety in all domains of medicine is reality. This
chapter deals with patient safety research in general, but is also about strategies to …

Aims: Patient safety culture is an important quality indicator in health care facilities and has
been associated with key patient outcomes in hospitals. The purpose of this analysis was to …

Medical mistakes that harm patients have occurred in dialysis facilities, just as they have
been reported to cause death in hospitals. A plan to recognize and prevent mistakes …

Patient safety is a major concern in health care systems worldwide. Patients with serious
conditions, multimorbidity, and with intense and fragmented health care utilization, like end …

Unintentional human errors are the source of most safety breaches in complex, high‐risk
environments. The environment of dialysis care is extremely complex. Dialysis patients have …

A way to promote patient safety is to create strategies that can contain the latent failures
present in health organizations, especially in highly complexity services, such as …

Background Dialysis patients' experience of safety can be seen positively connected with
their wellbeing and successful outcomes of their treatment and care. Therefore, it is …