[Actively living a medical safety (error) culture-what does urology need to learn?].

Patient safety is the basic quality of every medical treatment. Scientifically sound knowledge on the necessary structures of a safety management system and experience from effectively implementing those are aplenty. Yet, even 30 years after the first successful steps, it is still difficult for healthcare to implement a comprehensive, system-wide approach. Cultural changes at the level of attitudes and the consistent creation of the necessary structures might accelerate this transformation process.