The June 2021 issue of Patient Safety is now available to read and download at no charge.

Each issue of our multiple award-winning journal delves into timely research, data from one of the world’s largest event reporting databases, perspective pieces, interviews, and more—which can be used right now to improve healthcare for patients. This month’s features include:

A close look at the impact of isolation on patients
A new tool that can help assess, predict, and prevent clinician burnout
A successful performance improvement initiative from Ireland that can help improve surgical outcomes in other facilities
Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Steffanie Strathdee shares how her husband nearly died from a “superbug”—and what saved him
An overview of serious events and incidents reported by acute care hospitals in 2020
What happens when a critical care patient becomes a critical care patient themselves? Dr. Michael Leonard tells his story.

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Thank you to each author, peer reviewer, editorial board member, and Patient Safety Authority staff who has contributed to our work and our goal of advancing safety for all patients.

Where There’s Smoke: Validating a Nonproprietary Single-Item Burnout-Impacting-Safety Scale