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Type and impact of clinical incidents identified by a voluntary reporting system covering 130 small animal practices in mainland Europe

L. Schortz, L. Mossop, A. Bergström and C. Oxtoby | Vet Record | April 2022
The aim of this study, which was funded by the AniCura Group, was to analyse voluntary reports relating to potentially harmful patient safety incidents, gathered from a large European multi-practice small animal veterinary organisation, and to increase the understanding of how such data can assist organisations to reduce the risk of incidents occurring…

Using checklists in veterinary nursing: what can human healthcare teach us?

H. Ballantyne | Veterinary Nursing Journal | September 2018
This article discusses the benefits of using checklists in healthcare settings and asks whether they are transferable to veterinary nursing…