NTS training in ICUs shows no significant changes in patient safety culture, length of stay or mortality rates¶
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q3 i? Organizational results showed no significant changes in patient safety culture, length of stay or mortality rates across 15,776 patients. → Fernandes Pimenta Isac Davidson Santiago et al 2025
Evidence¶
Fernandes Pimenta Isac Davidson Santiago et al 2025¶
Fernandes Pimenta Isac Davidson Santiago et al. (2025). Effectiveness of non-technical skills training in intensive care units: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07037-6
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Systematic review synthesis of organizational outcomes across six studies reporting patient outcomes and safety culture, covering 15,776 patients. The review reports "no significant changes in patient safety culture, length of stay or mortality rates."
"Organizational results showed no significant changes in patient safety culture, length of stay or mortality rates (15776 patients)."
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Related Claims¶
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- Similar behavioural domains improved across diverse organisational cultures in North America, Europe, and Asia, suggesting core NTS constructs are portable and adaptable locally. — related
- The review suggests current observational evidence may overestimate simulation's impact, since more rigorous cluster-RCTs showed only time-limited mortality reductions or nonsignificant results — related
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