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Be alert to patient safety

Annette Lankshear Reader, Health policy at the University of Cardiff

Nurses can help protect patients from harm by taking prompt action on safety alerts, says Annette Lankshear

Entrepreneur Richard Branson, who is also vice-president of the Patients’ Association, made the headlines last year by claiming that significant numbers of patients were being harmed by or even dying from avoidable clinical mistakes.

Nursing Standard. 23, 43, 62-63. doi: 10.7748/ns2009.07.23.43.62.p4256

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01 July 2009 / Vol 23 issue 43

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