Table of contents

Original research

• How reliable are clinical systems in the UK NHS? A study of seven NHS organisations (11 April, 2012)

  Susan Burnett, Bryony Dean Franklin, Krishna Moorthy, Matthew W Cooke, Charles Vincent
• Building information for systematic improvement of the prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers with statistical process control charts and regression (23 March, 2012)

  William V Padula, Manish K Mishra, Christopher D Weaver, Taygan Yilmaz, Mark E Splaine
• Combining process indicators to evaluate quality of care for surgical patients with colorectal cancer: are scores consistent with short-term outcome? (4 April, 2012)

  N E Kolfschoten, G A Gooiker, E Bastiaannet, N J van Leersum, C J H van de Velde, E H Eddes, P J Marang-van de Mheen, J Kievit, E van der Harst, T Wiggers, M W J M Wouters, R A E M Tollenaar, On behalf of the Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit group
• Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (11 April, 2012)

  Jason M Etchegaray, Eric J Thomas
• Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers (22 February, 2012)

  Sarah Haessler, Anju Bhagavan, Reva Kleppel, Kevin Hinchey, Paul Visintainer
• Nature and timing of incidents intercepted by the SURPASS checklist in surgical patients (23 March, 2012)

  Eefje N de Vries, Hubert A Prins, M Christine Bennink, Peter Neijenhuis, Ilse van Stijn, Sven H van Helden, M Agnes van Putten, Susanne M Smorenburg, Dirk J Gouma, Marja A Boermeester
• Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes (2 March, 2012)

  Lora K Ott, Michael R Pinsky, Leslie A Hoffman, Sean P Clarke, Sunday Clark, Dianxu Ren, Marilyn Hravnak