27/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on patient safety. A number of studies suggest that as many as 10% of hospital admissions involve some kind of injury or nosocomial infection or physical harm to patients. Nosocomial diseases were the subject of an earlier consultation. The aim now is to collect comments on policies that could be implemented with regard to information, training in hospital management and culture to reduce the number of...