Making Health Care Safer

Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysisof the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices (AHRQ Evidence Report No. 211) updates the 2001 report from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It analyses a growing body of patient safety research using an evidence-based approach. 

After analyzing 41 patient safety practices, an international panel of patient safety experts identified 22 strategies that are ready for adoption.  Ten of these practices are "strongly encouraged" for adoption based on the strength and quality of evidence.