title: The National Patient Safety Agency and theatre practitioners.
abstract: Theatre practitioners have been involved in patient safety for years. Each time you check a patient into the department you are using a risk management tool: the check-list. Each time you check the position of a patient on the operating table, check their consent form, ensure the sterile field is maintained and that the instrument count is correct, you are intrinsically involved in patient safety.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom