Safety Management
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Implementation of evidence-based prevention of falls in rehabilitation units: a staff's interactive approach.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To provide strategies to assist healthcare professionals in the area of rehabilitation to improve prevention of falls. DESIGN: A conceptual framework is described as a foundation for the proposal of 2 intertwined strategies, of ... Read more...

Nuclear plant emergency preparedness in Russia.

30 Oct 2009 An international team of experts conducted a detailed operational review at the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant. The review was the first mission by an International Atomic Energy Agency Operational Safety Review Team to Russia in over a decade. The ... Read more...

Risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative importance of personal and occupational risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population. METHODS: A total of 3,710 workers (58% men) participating in a surveillance program of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Safety Management'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Implementation of evidence-based prevention of falls in rehabilitation units: a staff's interactive approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Systems-based competency. 30 Oct 2009
• Nuclear plant emergency preparedness in Russia. 30 Oct 2009
• RSO Interview with Nazia Zakir. Interviewed by René Michel. 30 Oct 2009
• The business case for TCAB. 30 Oct 2009
• TCAB in the curriculum: creating a safer environment through nursing education. 30 Oct 2009
• Reducing falls among outpatients: a volunteer transports patients from the parking lot to their exercise programs. 30 Oct 2009
• Transporting telemetry patients. 30 Oct 2009
• Resident orientation: nurses create a program to improve care coordination. 30 Oct 2009
• Improving communication among nurses, patients, and physicians. 30 Oct 2009
• TCAB: the 'how' and the 'what'. 30 Oct 2009
• Nurses transforming care. 30 Oct 2009
• [Patients safety work also for physicians] 24 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population. 13 Oct 2009
• Are women safer doctors? 8 Oct 2009
• They think they are playing chess but really they are playing poker. Oct 2009
• Dealing with the ethical dimension of dementia care. Oct 2009
• Update on the status of 89 drug information centers in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• National patient safety goal on HAIs to be phased in by January: are you ready? 29 Sep 2009
• Improvements in disaster planning and directions for nursing management. 29 Sep 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Safety Management'

Definition: The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.

Descriptor UI: D017751

Alternative terms: Safety Management; Management, Safety; Hazard Surveillance Program; Hazard Surveillance Programs; Program, Hazard Surveillance; Programs, Hazard Surveillance; Surveillance Program, Hazard; Surveillance Programs, Hazard; Hazard Management; Management, Hazard; Hazard Control; Control, Hazard; Hazard Controls;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: N04.452.871.900; N04.452.884; N06.850.135.060.075.800;

History Note: 94