Patient Safety

Patient Safety has become a leading item on health care agendas worldwide. The Institute of Medicines 1999 report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System was particularly instrumental in heightening awareness and promoting systems changes inside health care organizations. Despite Patient Safety being a universal concern, much of the literature to date has focussed on identifying concerns and recommending improvements for an adult setting. In this issue we have assembled a group of international experts in pediatric patient safety to share with us the scope, the sciences and strategies for making health care safe for children.Matlow, Anne is the author of 'Patient Safety ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781416035411 and ISBN 1416035419.