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Good Catch Campaign: Improving the Perioperative Culture of Safety
Author(s) -
Lozito Michele,
Whiteman Kimberly,
SwansonBiearman Brenda,
Barkhymer Mary,
Stephens Kimberly
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1002/aorn.12148
Subject(s) - patient safety , perioperative , debriefing , health care , medicine , safety culture , quality management , agency (philosophy) , teamwork , organizational culture , quality (philosophy) , nursing , openness to experience , medical emergency , perioperative nursing , medical education , operations management , psychology , public relations , surgery , management system , management , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , political science , economics , economic growth
Although health care workers feel pressure to reduce adverse events in the perioperative department, a lack of education, communication, and leadership can prevent hospital personnel from reporting good catches. The purpose of this evidence‐based quality improvement project was to improve the culture of safety in our perioperative department by implementing the Good Catch Campaign. An interprofessional team led staff member education after implementing a standardized electronic reporting system and debriefing process to occur after good catches. Staff members reported 391 good catches from all perioperative areas during the six‐month postimplementation period. Staff members completed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture before and six months after implementation; scores improved in five areas: communication openness, feedback and communication about error, frequency of event reporting, nonpunitive response to error, and organizational learning and continuous improvement. The campaign was a successful strategy for improving perioperative patient safety.