@article { , title = {Tools for primary care patient safety: a narrative review}, abstract = {Background: Patient safety in primary care is a developing field with an embryonic but evolving evidence base. This narrative review aims to identify tools that can be used by family practitioners as part of a patient safety toolkit to improve the safety of the care and services provided by their practices. Methods: Searches were performed in 6 healthcare databases in 2011 using 3 search stems; location (primary care), patient safety synonyms and outcome measure synonyms. Two reviewers analysed the results using a numerical and thematic analyses. Extensive grey literature exploration was also conducted. Results: Overall, 114 Tools were identified with 26 accrued from grey literature. Most published literature originated from the USA (41\%) and the UK (23\%) within the last 10 years. Most of the literature addresses the themes of medication error (55\%) followed by safety climate (8\%) and adverse event reporting (8\%). Minor themes included; informatics (4.5\%) patient role (3\%) and general measures to correct error (5\%). The primary/secondary care interface is well described (5\%) but few specific tools for primary care exist. Diagnostic error and results handling appear infrequently (}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2296-15-166}, eissn = {1471-2296}, journal = {BMC Family Practice}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/737668}, volume = {15}, keyword = {Patient safety, Primary care, Patient safety toolkit}, year = {2014}, author = {Spencer, Rachel and Campbell, Stephen M.} }