Knitted items – potential for harm to babies?

Previous safety articles published in Infant have highlighted the importance of reporting incidents of actual harm or near misses to avoid the potential for future harm to others. The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) exists to support this process and currently receives over two million reports annually. This safety article aims to outline the actions taken by the patient safety team at NHS Improvement in response to a reported incident and to highlight potential for harm to babies from knitted items.

Michele Upton
Nursing Editor, Infant, and Head of Maternity and Neonatal Transformation Programmes, NHS Improvement