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NCT07514247
Standardized Patient and In Situ Simulation for IV Infiltration Recognition
Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are widely used invasive devices in hospital settings and are associated with a broad range of complications, among which infiltration is one of the most common and clinically significant. Infiltration, defined as the leakage of intravenous fluids or medications into surrounding tissues, may result in local tissue damage, pain, infection, delayed treatment, and increased healthcare costs. Despite its high prevalence and impact on patient safety, early recognition and appropriate management of infiltration remain challenging, particularly among nursing students. Conventional educational approaches that rely predominantly on theoretical instruction may be insufficient to develop the clinical reasoning and decision-making skills required for timely identification and management of such complications. Therefore, there is a growing emphasis on the use of innovative, learner-centered educational strategies that promote active participation and experiential learning. Simulation-based education, including in situ simulation and standardized patient methodologies, has been shown to provide realistic, safe, and effective learning environments that enhance both technical and non-technical skills. In situ simulation enables training within real clinical settings using existing resources and team structures, while standardized patients facilitate the development of communication, clinical assessment, and decision-making competencies. This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of standardized patient and in situ simulation-based training, compared with traditional teaching methods, in improving nursing students' ability to recognize PIVC-related infiltration and enhance their clinical decision-making skills. Secondary outcomes include learning satisfaction and self-confidence. By integrating evidence-based simulation approaches into nursing education, this study seeks to strengthen clinical competence and contribute to improved patient safety outcomes.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-10-30
NCT07527429
Procedure Manual-Based Simulation Training to Improve Operating Room Nurses' Core Competencies
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a procedure manual-based simulation training program in improving the core competencies of operating room nurses in a Cambodian national hospital. Operating room nurses play a critical role in maintaining patient safety, assisting the surgical team, and ensuring efficient surgical workflow. This study will use a single-group quasi-experimental pre-post design. Baseline data will be collected before the intervention to assess operating room nurses' core competencies, interprofessional collaboration, job satisfaction, and surgical procedure duration. Participants will receive structured educational sessions and simulation-based training based on standardized surgical procedure manuals. After the training phase, nurses will implement the procedure manuals during real surgical procedures for six weeks. End-line data will be collected to evaluate improvements in competency levels, teamwork, job satisfaction, and surgical efficiency.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-10-28
1 state
NCT07718893
CITE: Clinical Inference Tethered to Evidence - a Retrieve-and-verify Layer for AI Care Plans
This trial evaluates CITE, a retrieve-and-verify layer that audits an AI-generated care plan against a full-text evidence corpus and flags patient-specific codifiable safety hazards to the clinician. The co-primary outcomes are how accurately CITE flags these hazards (sensitivity and specificity versus blinded clinician adjudication) and its clinician alert burden and acceptance, compared with AI care plans using safety guardrails alone and with unassisted clinician care, in Medicaid primary care.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-10-21
1 state
NCT04571749
Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care - Understanding Scalability
The investigators will leverage implementation science and engineering to adapt, implement, and rigorously evaluate tailored postoperative handoff protocols and implementation strategies. In doing so, the investigators will develop a vital understanding of the factors needed for successful and sustained use of evidence-based interventions in acute care. This knowledge will inform approaches to bridge the evidence-to-practice gap that prevents effective interventions from realizing the promise of improved patient outcomes in acute care settings.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-10-13
4 states
NCT07844369
Patient Safety Competency-Building Program for Healthcare Professionals in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care in Ethiopia
This study aims to develop and evaluate a patient safety competency-building program for healthcare professionals involved in pediatric cardiac critical care in Ethiopia. The program consists of educational modules addressing key areas of patient safety and is delivered in person at a tertiary hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Patient safety competence is assessed before and immediately after each training round, and acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility are assessed immediately after each training round as implementation outcomes.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-10-01
1 state
NCT07846644
Evaluating a Fingerprint System to Improve Patient Identification in Cardiac Surgery
The purpose of this prospective observational pilot study is to evaluate the usability, workflow integration, and operational feasibility of a fingerprint-based patient identification system (the Heuristik system) within perioperative cardiac surgery care. Accurate patient identification is a critical component of safe surgical care, particularly in high-acuity environments such as cardiac surgery where patients may be sedated or unable to actively confirm their identity. This study evaluates whether biometric fingerprint identification can function as a reliable adjunct to standard hospital identification methods. Adult patients receiving cardiac surgery care at Brigham and Women's Hospital will continue to be identified using the hospital's mandatory standard procedures, such as wristband verification. In parallel, participating clinical staff will use the fingerprint device for research evaluation at routine identification checkpoints, including admission, pre-operative preparation, surgical safety time-out, post-operative recovery, and discharge. The research team will observe workflow timing metrics and evaluate system accuracy compared to standard wristband checks. Participating healthcare professionals will complete a standardized System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire and a brief interview to provide feedback on ease of use, acceptability, and workflow fit. The study is observational and does not alter medical care, clinical decision-making, or treatment plans.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-29
NCT06269250
Acceptance and Perceived Benefits of Digitalization by Medical Assistants
The aim of this project is to improve the integration of digital processes, including e-prescriptions, within medical and dental practices for healthcare professionals. Through a better understanding of the obstacles healthcare workers encounter during the adoption of digital processes and their feedback post-implementation, this study will add to the current state of science, contributing to digital process optimization in healthcare.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-25
NCT07834580
Perioperative Nursing Workload, Missed Care, and Near-Miss Events
This prospective, single-center observational study examines the relationship between perioperative nursing workload and safety-critical perioperative nursing care in the operating rooms of Agri Training and Research Hospital. Guided by the Donabedian structure-process-outcome framework, the study will directly observe eligible surgical procedures to record objective, procedure-level workload indicators (interruptions, task-switching, concurrent duties, procedure duration, shift timing, and equipment/supply shortages) together with the observed perioperative nurse's self-reported workload using the Turkish NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), and a structured observation of nine safety-critical perioperative nursing care tasks (identification/procedure/site verification, allergy and critical preoperative information verification, positioning and pressure-injury prevention, normothermia, surgical counts, specimen/label verification, equipment and implant readiness, handoff, and documentation). Any delayed or omitted safety-critical care items, and any near-miss or process-deviation events identified and corrected before patient harm, will also be recorded using standardized forms. The study does not involve patients as direct research participants; only the perioperative work environment and voluntarily participating nurses are observed, and routine clinical care, staffing assignments, and surgical decisions will not be modified. The primary aim is to determine whether higher perioperative nursing workload is associated with a higher rate of missed/delayed safety-critical nursing care at the procedure level; secondary aims examine the association between missed safety-critical care and near-miss/process-deviation events, and, if sufficient events occur, whether missed safety-critical care mediates part of the relationship between workload and near-miss/process-deviation events.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-24
NCT07832721
Sleep, Mindfulness, and Shift-Level Safety Performance in Perianesthesia Nurses
Perianesthesia (preoperative and postanesthesia care unit, PACU) nurses work rotating, often extended shifts that can disrupt sleep and increase fatigue, both of which are recognized threats to patient safety in high-acuity perioperative settings. Mindfulness, a trait-like capacity for present-moment, non-judgmental awareness, has been proposed as a psychological resource that may help nurses regulate attention and buffer the effects of sleep loss and fatigue on clinical performance. However, little is known about how sleep quality and quantity, shift-level fatigue, and mindfulness jointly relate to the day-to-day safety performance of perianesthesia nurses. This prospective, repeated-measures, single-center study examines the relationships among sleep, mindfulness, and shift-level safety performance among nurses working in the perianesthesia/PACU care areas of Ağrı Training and Research Hospital. Approximately 25 to 40 perianesthesia nurses will be followed across 8 to 12 of their own shifts each, with a target of 250 to 300 evaluable shift-level observations. At baseline, nurses will complete a demographic form together with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (B-PSQI) and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). Before each observed shift, nurses will complete a brief pre-shift sleep and sleepiness diary; after each shift they will complete a post-shift acute-fatigue and shift-characteristics form. For each observed shift, trained researchers will use a researcher-developed Perianesthesia Safety Process Observation Form to document adherence to, and deviations from, applicable safety-critical care processes. The primary outcome is the Shift-Level Perianesthesia Safety Deviation Rate, defined as the number of observed safety-process deviations divided by the number of applicable safety processes for that shift. Secondary outcomes include post-shift acute fatigue, the occurrence of near-miss events, and exploratory analyses of whether trait mindfulness moderates the associations between sleep/fatigue and safety performance. No patients are directly enrolled as research subjects; only nurses and their shifts are observed. Findings are expected to inform strategies to support nurse sleep, wellbeing, and safety-critical performance in perianesthesia settings.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-24
NCT07823062
Specialist Review of Harm Ratings for Clinical Responses Acronym: NOHARM
The purpose of this study is to determine how closely potential-harm ratings assigned using the NOHARM rubric agree with independent ratings from specialty-matched physicians. The study uses reconstructed clinical consultation cases and previously generated responses written by artificial intelligence systems or physicians. The materials contain no patient identifiers or protected health information. Board-certified attending physicians from 10 medical specialties will review assigned case-response pairs through a secure website. For each response, they will indicate whether it contains an error, describe the error when applicable, and rate the greatest potential patient harm as none, mild, moderate, or severe. Reviewers will not be shown the response source, existing rubric rating, or other reviewers' ratings. Two specialists will initially review each response; a third may review it if the first two ratings differ. The study includes a development stage, possible rubric revision, and a separate validation stage.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-16
NCT06089239
Choosing Wisely: De-implementing Fall Prevention Alarms in Hospitals
This is a Hybrid II de-implementation study to reduce use of fall prevention alarms in hospitals. The intervention consists of tailored, site-specific approaches for three core implementation strategies: education, audit/feedback and opinion leaders. Hospital units will be randomized to low-intensity or high-intensity coaching for the implementation of the tailored strategies.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-09
13 states
NCT07367906
Digital Microlearning for Patient-Safety Readiness in Nursing Students
This randomized controlled trial evaluated whether a seven-day, patient-safety-focused digital microlearning program improved sustained clinical error recognition and the transfer of safety learning among second-year nursing students entering surgical clinical practice. Ninety students were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to digital microlearning plus standard education or standard education alone. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately after the intervention, at the end of the first week of surgical clinical practice, and at the end of the seventh week of surgical clinical practice. Weekly ecological momentary assessment prompts examined safety-oriented behavior during clinical practice. Blinded performance tasks assessed objective clinical transfer, and an explanatory qualitative component explored how and under what conditions students applied the learning in practice.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-09
1 state
NCT07807189
HERMES: International Survey and Portable External Power Evaluation During Respiratory Support Transport
The HERMES Phase I-II study was a two-phase observational investigation designed to characterize contemporary practices and safety-related challenges associated with the transport of patients requiring advanced respiratory support and to assess the operational feasibility of portable external electrical power during ambulance transport. Phase I consisted of an international electronic cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals involved in noninvasive ventilation (NIV) management or patient transport. The survey evaluated reported transport indications, ventilator type and positioning, respiratory interfaces, transport-team composition, and perceived patient-, equipment-, and environment-related problems. Phase II was a prospective descriptive feasibility evaluation involving 25 ambulance transports performed in Albacete and Bilbao, Spain. Patients were transported while receiving high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), rescue NIV, or invasive mechanical ventilation. A portable external power supply was used to support continuity of powered respiratory-support equipment during transport. The primary technical feasibility outcome was successful completion of transport while maintaining respiratory support without reported power interruption, clinically relevant equipment alarm, or technical failure. The two phases were analyzed independently and were intended to characterize respiratory-support transport practices and evaluate technical and operational feasibility rather than establish comparative effectiveness, clinical superiority, or prevention of clinical deterioration.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-09-09
1 state
NCT07805603
HERMES: Quality and Safety of Advanced Respiratory Support During Patient Transport
The HERMES Phase III study is an international, multicenter, prospective observational investigation designed to characterize the quality and safety of patient transport during advanced respiratory support. The study will enroll patients undergoing prehospital, interhospital, or intrahospital transport while receiving advanced respiratory support, including high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), noninvasive ventilation (NIV), or invasive mechanical ventilation, as determined by routine clinical practice. The study protocol will not assign respiratory-support modalities, transport strategies, or therapeutic interventions. The primary objective is to prospectively evaluate clinical, technical, organizational, and transport-related factors associated with the safe continuation of respiratory support throughout patient transport. Data collection will include patient characteristics, respiratory-support modality and settings, transport characteristics, physiologic monitoring, transport-team composition, oxygen and electrical power resources, equipment-related events, interruptions or modifications of respiratory support, clinical deterioration, rescue interventions, escalation of respiratory support, and other transport-associated adverse events. HERMES Phase III constitutes the prospective multicenter component of a broader research program that previously included an international survey of respiratory-support transport practices and an exploratory prospective feasibility evaluation of portable external power during ambulance transport.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-09-04
NCT07794618
Video-Based Grading of Intraoperative Adverse Events in Pediatric Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children, and laparoscopic appendectomy is its standard treatment. Although intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) are recognized as an important determinant of surgical safety and outcome, no validated tool exists for grading them in children. ClassIntra, an internationally validated five-level severity classification of intraoperative adverse events, has been validated in adults. Its use in children is limited to two single-centre cohorts - one in pediatric neurosurgery and one in a mixed pediatric robotic surgery programme - in which it was applied prospectively by the operating teams. Its inter-rater reliability has never been assessed in a pediatric population, it has not been applied to video-recorded pediatric procedures, and no study has focused on pediatric appendectomy. Likewise, the association between intraoperatively graded event severity and postoperative complication severity graded with the pediatric-specific Clavien-Madadi classification has not been examined in children. This prospective, single-center, single-surgeon, video-based pilot study (IDEAL Framework Stage 2a) evaluates whether ClassIntra can be feasibly applied to the laparoscopic phase of pediatric appendectomy. Eighty children aged 5 to under 18 years undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy for non-complicated acute appendicitis will be enrolled. Operative videos will be recorded, de-identified, assigned a case code, and independently assessed in randomized order by two pediatric surgeons from outside the operating institution, who remain blinded to all postoperative clinical data. Each observed event is characterized on three levels: event type (E1-E7), mechanism (GERT categories M1-M4), and severity (ClassIntra Grade I-V). Postoperative complications within 30 days are graded separately with the Clavien-Madadi classification by the principal investigator, independently of the video assessment. The primary outcome is the feasibility of ClassIntra in this setting, evaluated as a progression-criteria profile rather than a composite rule, using three pre-specified criteria: inter-rater reliability (Gwet's AC1 \>= 0.60, the key indicator), applicable coverage (proportion of non-assessable cases \< 5%), and discriminative capacity (at least three of the five ClassIntra grades represented in the cohort). Secondary outcomes are descriptive: iAE incidence with Wilson score confidence intervals and the distribution of event types, mechanisms and severity grades. Exploratory hypotheses examine the association of intraoperative event severity with adherence to the institutional Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol, with time to medical readiness for discharge, and with Clavien-Madadi-graded postoperative complication severity. The study involves no additional intervention, investigational product, or extra procedure for the participating children; care follows institutional standards throughout. Its purpose is to provide feasibility evidence and calibration parameters for subsequent multicenter validation studies, not to establish the validity of the classification system itself.
Gender: All
Ages: 5 Years - 17 Years
Updated: 2026-09-04
1 state
NCT06888297
RESCUE: European Certification for Second Victim Support
The "second victim" phenomenon affects healthcare professionals who experience highly stressful events in their daily practice, potentially compromising their well-being and patient safety. Despite the need for structured support interventions, many European institutions lack formal programs to address this issue. The RESCUE project responds to this need, building on the previous work of the ERNST Consortium (COST Action 19113). Its objective is to develop and validate two certification systems: one for second victim support interventions and another for training healthcare professionals as peer supporters. A mixed-methods approach will be used, incorporating expert consensus techniques (e.g., Delphi study and consensus conferences) and pilot studies in healthcare institutions across multiple European countries. The study aims to establish European certification standards for second victim support interventions, improving support for healthcare professionals, increasing resilience, and reducing the impact of adverse events on clinical performance.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-09-02
1 state
NCT07711873
Virtual Reality-based Training for Safe Medication Administration Among Nursing Students
This study evaluated a virtual reality-based training programme designed to support safe medication administration among undergraduate nursing students. Medication administration is a core nursing competency, but students often have limited opportunities to practise medication safety scenarios repeatedly before entering clinical settings. Virtual reality provides an immersive and repeatable simulated environment for practising routine, high-alert, and semi-emergency medication administration scenarios without risk to patients. Third- and fourth-year undergraduate nursing students at a healthcare university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, were randomly allocated to two groups. Group A received the VR training first, while Group B served as a wait-list comparison group and received the same training later, after crossover. The intervention consisted of three 90-minute sessions, each including pre-briefing, immersive VR simulation, and PEARLS-informed debriefing. Outcomes included confidence in medication administration, self-reported safe medication practice, system usability, and cybersickness symptoms.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-07-17
NCT07700290
Effect of a Chatbot on Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy in Pediatric Medication Administration
This study looked at whether a chatbot can help nursing students feel more confident about giving medicines to children. Giving medicines to children is difficult because doses depend on the child's weight, and mistakes can be harmful. Third-year nursing students starting their pediatric clinical placement took part. They were divided by chance into two groups. Both groups received the usual training. One group also used a chatbot that helped with medicine dose calculations and answered questions about giving medicines to children, based on a trusted nursing textbook. The other group used only the usual references. Students' confidence in giving medicines to children was measured with a questionnaire before and after the placement. The study compared how much each group's confidence changed to see whether the chatbot added a benefit beyond the usual training.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-07-14
NCT07568158
Intraoperative Cognitive Load in Anesthesia Nurses Across Anesthetic Phases
The goal of this observational study is to measure the cognitive load (mental effort) of anesthesia nurses during real surgical procedures at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does cognitive load vary across the three phases of anesthetic care (induction, maintenance, and emergence/recovery)? * Is cognitive load higher during general anesthesia than during spinal anesthesia with sedation? * How do surgical specialty and patient complexity relate to cognitive load? * How does monitor alarm perception relate to cognitive load during surgery? Participants (anesthesia nurses) will complete the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) questionnaire - a validated 6-item tool measuring mental effort - three times per surgical case: after induction or spinal block, during maintenance, and after patient awakening or sedation reversal. They will also answer 4 brief questions about alarm management at the end of each case. No changes are made to clinical care. Participation adds approximately 11 minutes per surgical case.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-07-13
1 state
NCT07471737
Patient Safety and Medical Errors in Nursing Education: Learning by Doing and Experiencing With Simulated Patients
This research will be conducted with the aim of enabling first year nursing students to learn about patient safety and medical errors through simulated patient education. Students will participate in the theoretical and practical laboratory work of the Fundamentals of Nursing course during the spring semester of 2025-2026. The research will be implemented after the laboratory applications. This research will evaluate the impact of simulated patient education on the outcomes of first-year students' patient safety goals ('Correct identification of patients', 'Ensuring medication safety', 'Reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections' and 'Reducing the risk of patient harm from falls'). The researchers have developed six scenarios related to patient safety and medical errors. The research will be conducted in a randomised controlled experimental design (n=62). First-year nursing students will be administered the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Scale (pre-test), the Medical Error Tendency Scale (pre-test), and a knowledge test (pre-test). Students will be randomised into experimental and control groups based on their knowledge test (pre-test) mean scores. After all students in the experimental and control groups have completed the educator-centred theoretical and laboratory applications, the study will proceed to the application phase. First, those in the experimental group will participate in scenario applications (first and second scenarios) to gain experience with simulated patients. The first scenario covers applications related to the objectives of 'correct identification of patients' and 'ensuring medication safety'. The second scenario covers applications related to the objectives of 'reducing the risks associated with falls' and 'reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections'. One week after the simulation, the experimental group will undergo psychomotor skill assessment related to patient safety on a simulated patient, and the control group will undergo psychomotor skill assessment on a low-fidelity manikin using control ists (first skill assessment). Subsequently, all students will undergo the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Scale (post-test), the Medical Error Tendency Scale (post-test), and a knowledge test (post test). Eight weeks later, psychomotor skill assessments (second skill assessment) using control lists, the Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation Scale (follow up-test), the Medical Error Tendency Scale (follow-up test), and the knowledge test (follow-up test) will be administered again using the same method. The third and fourth scenarios will be used in the first psychomotor skill assessment exam that the experimental and control groups will take. The third scenario includes skills related to the objectives of 'verifying patient identity' and 'ensuring medication safety'. The fourth scenario includes skills related to the objectives of 'reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections' and 'reducing the risks associated with falls'. The fifth and sixth scenarios will be used in the second psychomotor skills assessment exam for the experimental and control groups. The fifth scenario includes skills related to the objectives of 'verifying patient identity' and 'ensuring medication safety'. The sixth scenario includes skills related to the objectives of 'reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections' and 'reducing the risks associated with falls'.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-07-10
NCT07690267
Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring in a Surgical Ward
Unsafe patient care remains a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality. In surgical wards, postoperative patients are typically monitored intermittently using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS-2), leaving periods during which clinical deterioration may go undetected. Continuous vital sign monitoring (CVSM) using wearable sensors offers the potential for earlier identification of deterioration compared with intermittent assessments. CVSM was introduced in a hospital ward as part of a hospital-initiated pilot implementation and is used alongside standard monitoring with NEWS-2. The purpose of the study is to evaluate this implementation. This observational study uses a pragmatic, quasi-experimental, multi-method, longitudinal design. The overall aims of the study are to evaluate the impact of CVSM implementation on patient outcomes, to explore healthcare professionals' perceptions of patient safety culture, turnover intention and pleasure of work, and to describe their experiences with implementation.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-07-09
1 state
NCT06711484
Evaluation of the Efficiency of a Training Program Developed For Newly Graduate Nurses
Brief Summary: This research is a randomized, pre-test post-test control group, parallel group experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of the language training program developed for newly graduated nurses. The study will be conducted with a total of 76 newly graduated nurses, 38 in the experimental group and 38 in the control group, at Etlik City Hospital Orthopedics-Neurology Hospital in Ankara. Participants will be informed about the study at the beginning of the study. Participants who agree to participate in the study and meet the eligibility criteria will be randomly assigned to groups by an independent statistician. The language training program will be applied to the experimental group, while no intervention will be made to the control group. The training program to be given to the experimental group will consist of a total of two days and four sessions (communication, speaking, patient safety, medical error), and each session will last 90 minutes. Data collection forms will be applied to the experimental and control groups before and after the training. Data collection forms include the descriptive characteristics form, working voice scale, effective communication skills scale, attitude scale in medical errors, and feedback about the language training program. Blinding of the raters will be applied to the participants to minimize bias. Data analysis will use statistical software that uses parametric tests for normally distributed data and nonparametric tests for non-normally distributed data.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-06-25
1 state
NCT06738316
Clinical Experience of Maintaining Patient Safety in Hospital
The key purpose of the study is to establish what the barriers to preventing accidental falls in hospital are, what interventions are perceived to work best in preventing falls and what could help. The study will attempt to disprove the null hypothesis that "there is no universal clinical experience of accidental fall prevention in hospitals with patients who have impaired cognitive function". To gather an evidence base for the co-created design and testing of fall prevention interventions as part of the longer term PhD project.This is a multi-centre qualitative study utilising a purposive sampling strategy. Healthcare workers directly involved in preventing falls in hospital will be invited to contribute to the study via an email from their ward manager or clinical lead. Participants will be asked to respond directly to the investigator to indicate their interest in the study. They will be selected to ensure both Medical and Surgical wards are represented. Overall aim will be for up to 16 participants from the nursing team, registered and unregistered, up to 8 therapist participants and up to 8 doctors.This will provide 2 nurses, 1 therapist, 1 doctor in each simulation. This will provide 4 datasets for analysis and this process will be repeated at up to 4 Hospitals to deliver up to 16 datasets. Each group will participate in a 30 minute simulation followed by a semi structured focus group where critical decision method will be used to extract themes and codes to inductively generate a questionnaire for a further study. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) representatives will be consulted on the outcomes of the focus groups.
Gender: All
Ages: 18 Years - Any
Updated: 2026-05-19
NCT07592234
Chemokeyp: A Feasibility Study for Realtime Safety Data-Capture for Potential Serious Adverse Drug Events
Chemokeyp is a feasibility study testing a secure ED-Oncology interface for patients receiving chemotherapy who may present to unscheduled care with possible treatment-related complications. Participants are enrolled through Oncology and issued a medical-alert-style wristband with a QR code. If they attend the Emergency Department, staff can scan the QR code, access a generic study landing page, and, after SVUH authentication, complete a short structured checklist about possible serious adverse events such as infection, chest pain, vomiting, syncope, or other red-flag symptoms. The platform is designed as a secure research data-capture portal, not an electronic health record or clinical documentation system. It does not read from or write to the hospital EHR, does not provide clinical decision support, and does not change usual clinical care. Data entered by ED clinicians are limited to predefined structured fields for research and safety-signal feasibility purposes. The study will assess whether ED clinicians can complete the checklist in real time, whether the information can support earlier notification to the research/trial team, and whether this data accurately corresponds with verified serious adverse events. If feasible, Chemokeyp could help improve communication between Oncology, Emergency Medicine, and trial teams, supporting safer care for patients on chemotherapy and informing future development of ED-oncology digital safety tools.
Gender: All
Updated: 2026-05-18
1 state