September 2020-Printed Issue

<p>The fall 2020 issue of <em>Patient Safety</em> is available to read and download at no charge.</p> <p>Each issue features the latest evidence-based research, thoughtful commentaries and editorials, interviews with healthcare leaders and safety advocates, and powerful patient stories.</p> <ul> <li>An interview with Dr. Tejal Gandhi and Dr. Jeff Brady about the recently released <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/national-action-plan” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/national-action-plan”>National Action Plan for Patient Safety</a> in the United States</li> <li>A global look at <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/global-fall-prevention” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/global-fall-prevention”>innovative solutions to patient safety falls</a> </li> <li>A timely <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/process-failures” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/process-failures”>examination of how process breakdowns</a> contribute to delays in recognizing, treating, and preventing the spread of respiratory infections, like the flu and COVID-19</li> <li>A social worker raises awareness of <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/intimate-partner-violence-pandemic” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/intimate-partner-violence-pandemic”>intimate partner violence</a>, a serious problem that gets worse during periods of isolation</li> <li>A <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/surviving-covid-sidrane” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/surviving-covid-sidrane”>survivor of COVID-19 shares his hospital experience</a> and recovery from the disease</li> <li>A researcher takes a close look at <a title=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/nonsuicidal-self-injury” href=“https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/nonsuicidal-self-injury”>nonsuicidal self-injury</a> among children and adolescents</li> </ul> <p>Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, and Patient Safety Authority staff, who all play a part in the success of our journal and in advancing patient safety everywhere. <em>Patient Safety</em> is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider sending us your next original manuscript and sharing our journal with your colleagues, students, families, friends, and patients. <strong>Together we save lives.</strong></p>