Integrating risk management into working practice.
The aim of this article, the third in this series on the Seven Steps to Patient Safety (National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) 2004), is to explore how risk management can be integrated into the culture of a healthcare organisation and the working practices of clinicians, managers and their immediate teams.
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School of Health, University of Northampton, Northampton. david.bird@northampton.ac.uk
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D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom