Post-event debriefings during neonatal care: why are we not doing them, and how can we start? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Post-event debriefings during neonatal care: why are we not doing them, and how can we start? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published March 2016

Post-event debriefings during neonatal care: why are we not doing them, and how can we start?

Sawyer T, Loren D, Halamek LP. J Perinatol. 2016 Mar 31; [Epub ahead of print].

Debriefings after clinical adverse events present learning opportunities for the teams and organizations involved. This commentary explores why debriefings are not routinely conducted and provide strategies to address barriers to the use of debriefings as a standard component ofneonatal care.

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