The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm

doi:10.2471/BLT.17.198002

Editorial

. 2017 Aug 1;95(8):546-546A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002.

The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm

Aziz Sheikh¹, Neelam Dhingra-Kumar², Edward Kelley², Marie Paule Kieny³, Liam J Donaldson⁴

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¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, Scotland.
² Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

PMID: 28804162
PMCID: PMC5537758
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002

Editorial

The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm

Aziz Sheikh et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 1;95(8):546-546A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002.

Authors

Aziz Sheikh¹, Neelam Dhingra-Kumar², Edward Kelley², Marie Paule Kieny³, Liam J Donaldson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, Scotland.
² Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

PMID: 28804162
PMCID: PMC5537758
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002

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[1] Patient safety. WHO global patient safety challenge: medication without harm. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/patientsafety/medication-safety/en/ [cited 2017 May 31].

[2] Patient safety. WHO global patient safety challenge: medication without harm. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/patientsafety/medication-safety/en/ [cited 2017 May 31].

[3] Clean care is safer care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/gpsc/background/en/ [cited 2017 May 31].

[4] Clean care is safer care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/gpsc/background/en/ [cited 2017 May 31].

[5] Safe surgery saves lives. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70080/1/WHO_IER_PSP_2008.07_eng... [cited 2017 May 31].

[6] Safe surgery saves lives. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70080/1/WHO_IER_PSP_2008.07_eng... [cited 2017 May 31].

[7] Donaldson LJ, Kelley ET, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kieny MP, Sheikh A. Medication without harm: WHO’s third global patient safety challenge. Lancet. 2017 Apr 29;389(10080):1680–1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31047-4. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Donaldson LJ, Kelley ET, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kieny MP, Sheikh A. Medication without harm: WHO’s third global patient safety challenge. Lancet. 2017 Apr 29;389(10080):1680–1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31047-4. - DOI - PubMed

[9] A PINCH. Haymarket: Clinical Excellence Commission; 2017. Available from: http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/patient-safety-programs/medication-safe... [cited 2017 May 31].

[10] A PINCH. Haymarket: Clinical Excellence Commission; 2017. Available from: http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/patient-safety-programs/medication-safe... [cited 2017 May 31].

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