title: Mandatory patient safety training, from the board room to linen room.
abstract: Here is a list of counter-intuitive statements about patient safety, a list of required reading on the subject, and an excerpt of a tool that can help you analyze your organizations patient safety strengths and weaknesses.
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011641:Public Relations; D012308:Risk Management; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States