Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety

3 Jan 2020

Dr Dorothy Breen and Prof George Shorten, with the support of the Clinical Research Facility-Cork have been awarded EU 280,000 jointly by the HRB and HSE to fund a patient safety research project entitled; PROTECT. The Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety (RCQPS) award  is intended to promote research in quality and patient safety in healthcare. PROTECT  aims to determine the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary,  outcomes-based, team training programme for Safety Huddle performance in decreasing the incidence of patient adverse events. The study will be conducted in Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford.