Institute for Patient Safety

The Institute for Patient Safety (IfPS) is the first in Germany explicitly dedicated to research and teaching of patient safety. The institute began its activities on January 1, 2009, and was supported until 2017 by an endowed professorship from the German Coalition for Patient Safety (Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit e.V., APS).
The interdisciplinary team consists of psychologists, physicians, nurses and health researchers.

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Latest publications

• Kaltenegger, H.C., Becker, L., Rohleder, N., Nowak, D., Quartucci,C., Weigl, M., Associations of technostressors at work with burnout symptoms and chronic low-grade inflammation: a cross-sectional analysis in hospital employees. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-023-01967-8
• Wenderott, K., Franz, S., Friedrich, M.G., Boos, M., Job demands at the patient’s bedside and their effects on stress and satisfaction of nurses, BMJ Open Quality 2023;12:e002025. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002025
• Marsall M., Bäuerle, A., Hasenberg, T., Schräpler, L., Robitzsch, A., Niedergethmann, M., Teufel, M., Weigl, M. Quality of Care Transition During Hospital Discharge, Patient Safety, and Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery: a Cross-Sectional Study. Obesity Surgery 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06486-6
• Stefan, P., Pfandler, M., Kullmann, A., Eck, U., Koch, A., Mehren, C., Heide, A. von der, Weidert, S., Fürmetz, J., Euler, E., Lazarovici, M., Navab, N., & Weigl, M. (2023). Computer-assisted simulated workplace-based assessment in surgery: Application of the universal framework of intraoperative performance within a mixed-reality simulation. BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 5(1), e000135. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsit-2022-000135

• Wenderott, K., Gambashidze, N., Weigl, M., Integration of Artificial Intelligence Into Sociotechnical Work Systems-Effects of Artificial Intelligence Solutions in Medical Imaging on Clinical Efficiency: Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Dec 1;11(12):e40485. doi: 10.2196/40485. PMID: 36454624.
• Bäuerle, A.; Schräpler, L.; Marsall, M.; Engelmann, G.; Knoll-Pientka, N.; Schüren, L.C.; Niedergethmann, M.; Robitzsch, A.; Skoda, E.-M.; Hasenberg, T.; Teufel, M. Development and Validation of Dietary Behavior Inventory—Surgery (DBI-S) in the Scope of International Post-Bariatric Surgery Guidelines and Recommendations. Nutrients 2022, 14, 3692. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14183692
• Hammerschmidt, J., Heier, L., Ernstmann, N. Enablement of nursing home residents in infection prevention during general practitioner visits: A qualitative study. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 7;17(4):e0266502. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266502
• Marsall, M.; Engelmann, G.; Skoda, E.‐M.; Stroebele‐Benschop, N.; Teufel, M.; Bäuerle, A. Validation of the English Version of the General Dietary Behavior Inventory (GDBI‐E). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052883
• Marsall M., Engelmann G., Skoda E. M., Teufel M., & Bäuerle A. Measuring Electronic Health Literacy: Development, Validation, and Test of Measurement Invariance of a revised German version of the eHealth literacy scale. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2022;24(2):e28252, https://doi.org/10.2196/28252
• Becker, L., Kaltenegger, H. C., Nowak, D., Weigl, M., & Rohleder, N. (2022). Physiological stress in response to multitasking and work interruptions: Study protocol. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0263785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263785
• Becker, L., Kaltenegger, H. C., Nowak, D., Rohleder, N., & Weigl, M. (2022). Differences in stress system (re-) activity between single and dual-or multitasking in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis: Physiological stress and multitasking. Health Psychology Review, (just-accepted), 1-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2022.2071323
• Koch A, Schlenker B, Becker A et al. (2022) Operating room team strategies to reduce flow disruptions in high-risk task episodes: resilience in robot-assisted surgery. Ergonomics:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2022.2136406
• Weigl, M. (2022). Physician burnout undermines safe healthcare. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 378. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2157
• Kaltenegger, H. C., Weigl, M., Becker, L., Rohleder, N., Nowak, D., & Quartucci, C. (2022). Psychosocial working conditions and chronic low-grade inflammation in geriatric care professionals: A cross-sectional study. Plos one, 17(9), e0274202. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274202
• Brösterhaus M, Hammer A, Gruber R, Kalina S, Grau S, Roeth AA, Ashmawy H, Groß T, Binnebösel M, Knoefel WT, Manser T. Using the Global Trigger Tool in surgical and neurosurgical patients: A feasibility study. PLoS One. 2022 Aug 16;17(8):e0272853. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272853. PMID: 35972977; PMCID: PMC9380916.
• Schmitz K, Lenssen R, Rückbeil M, Berning D, Thomeczek C, Brokmann JC, Jaehde U, Eisert A. The WHO High 5s project: medication reconciliation in a German university hospital. A prospective observational cohort study. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2022 Feb;168:27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2021.11.006. Epub 2022 Feb 9. PMID: 35148970.