Safety alerts. Insertion of chest drains: Summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7734, 2009, Pages 1371-

  Lamont, Tara ^a   Surkitt Parr, Michael ^a   Scarpello, John ^c   Durand, Marcus ^a   Hooper, Clare ^b   Maskell, Nick ^b  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEST DRAIN INSERTION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TUBE;

CHEST TUBES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72449206757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4923     Document Type: Short Survey

References (8)

1. Waydhas C, Sauerland S. Pre-hospital pleural decompression and chest tube placement after blunt trauma: a systematic review. Resuscitation 2006;72(1):11-25.[Web of Science][Medline] (Pubitemid 44908771)
2. Sari AB-A, Sheldon TA, Cracknell A, Turnbull A. Sensitivity of routine systems for reporting patient safety incidents in an NHS hospital: retrospective patient case note review. BMJ 2007;334:79-82. [Abstract/Free Full Text]
3. Laws D, Neville E, Duffy J, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Group. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain. Thorax 2003;58(suppl II):ii53-9.[Free Full Text]
4. Royal College of Radiologists. Ultrasound training recommendations for medical and surgical specialties. London: Royal College of Radiologists. 2005. www.rcr.ac.uk/docs/radiology/pdf/ultrasound.pdf
5. British Thoracic Society. Guidance for the implementation of local trust policies for the safe insertion of chest drains for pleural effusions in adults, following the NPSA Rapid Response Report - NPSA/2008/RRR003. 2008. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/Portals/0/Clinical%20Information/Pleural%20Disease/ chestdrain-adults.pdf
6. Harris A, Turkington PM, O'Driscoll BR. Survey of major complications of intercostal chest drain insertion in the UK. Thorax 2008;63(7):A86 (P30).[Free Full Text]
7. Central Alerting System. Department of Health, 2009. https://www.cas.dh. gov. uk
8. Hooper C, Bucknall C, Welham SA, Reid K, Routh C, Maskell NA, et al. Pilot pleural audit 2009. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk [forthcoming].