Making safety the highest priority

At this year’s Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) Congress, only 10% of an audience of perioperative practitioners said they believed safety was the highest priority at their Trust, while surgery was described by one speaker as being “as risky as bungee jumping”. Changing the culture of organisations will no doubt prove challenging, but efforts to improve safety are now gaining momentum LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.

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