Safety global trigger tool

There ate a number of methods that have been used for measuring safety performance in a specific organisation and its subsets or work units, such as departments and wards. Common methods such as observation, interviews and questionnaire surveys have not only been applied to achieve this, but special methods have also been developed. One of the special methods for this purpose is the Global Trigger Tool, which was developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Griffin and Resar 2009 IHI 2006). Some methods can make use of data that have been collected originally for other purposes and exploit the data to measure the safety performance of an organisation or its work units. A typical... 

Lipczak, H., Neckelmann, K., Steding-Jessen, M., Jakobsen, E., Knudsen, J.L. 2011. Uncertain added value of Global Trigger Tool for monitoring of patient safety in cancer care. Danish Medical Bulletin, 58(11), A4337. 

Mattsson, T.O., Knudsen, J.L., Lauritsen, J., Biixen, K. and Herrstedt, J. 2013. Assessment of the global trigger tool to measnre, monitor and evaluate patient safety in cancer patients Reliability concerns are raised. BMJ Quality and Safety, 22, 571-9. doi 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001219. 

Schildmeijer, K., Nilsson, L., Arestedt, K. and Perk, J. 2012. Assessment of adverse events in medical care Lack of consistency between experienced teams using the global trigger tool. BMJ Quality and Safety, 21(4), 307-14. doi 10.1136/ bmjqs-2011-000279. Epub 2012 Feb 23. 

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