The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) was recently commissioned by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to conduct five (5) evidence reviews to provide the evidential base for the revision of national infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the healthcare setting.
The project involved the conduct of a series [...]

The World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety recently commissioned the Joanna Briggs Institute to undertake a research project to address patient safety in developing countries and countries with economic transition.
Due to the nature of the health workforce and limited resources in developing countries these regions experience a significantly higher rate of adverse events [...]

The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care commissioned a team from the Joanna Briggs Institute in March 2009 to conduct a review of the Australian and international literature regarding patient safety in primary care.
The purpose of the review was to “… summarise what is known about patient safety in primary care into [...]

The importance of an evidence base for clinical practice through the conduct of primary research cannot be stressed enough.  However, there is a vast amount of new knowledge created every day in healthcare and the environment in which health professionals practice is both hectic and unpredictable.
Within the time poor and information rich environment in which [...]