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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/latex-lingering-and-lurking-safety-risk
October 03, 2018 - products are widely available in hospitals and represent a persistent threat to patients with latex allergies … Tracking staff awareness of latex allergies, purchasing latex-safe alternatives, and improving handoff … documentation of patient allergies are possible risk reduction strategies. … A WebM&M commentary discussed allergy documentation in patient health records.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-management-anaphylaxis-pediatric-emergency-department
April 24, 2018 - errors were common in the emergency department management of anaphylaxis (severe, life-threatening allergic … reactions), and error rates improved only modestly after implementation of a standardized order set. … November 29, 2023
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/study-frequency-and-rationale-overriding-allergy-warnings-computerized-prescriber-order-entry
February 15, 2011 - Study
A study of the frequency and rationale for overriding allergy warnings in a … A Study of the Frequency and Rationale for Overriding Allergy Warnings in a Computerized Prescriber Order … The researchers found that clinicians were less likely to override decision support allergy warnings … A Study of the Frequency and Rationale for Overriding Allergy Warnings in a Computerized Prescriber Order
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848809/psn-pdf
May 10, 2023 - a widely recognized safety strategy; however, other
parts of the electronic health record (EHR) - allergies … quality improvement project to increase rates of complete
reconciliation of problems, medications, and allergies … /primer/medication-reconciliation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-and-reconciling-patients-allergy-information-within-electronic-health-record
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-practitioners-vaccine-error-reporting-form
January 26, 2023 - September 21, 2022
Inaccurate penicillin allergy labeling, the electronic health record … August 24, 2022
Identifying and reconciling patients' allergy information within the … July 6, 2022
Allergy safety events in healthcare: development and application of a classification … More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-national-vaccine-errors-reporting-program
October 10, 2012 - September 21, 2022
Inaccurate penicillin allergy labeling, the electronic health record … August 24, 2022
Identifying and reconciling patients' allergy information within the … July 6, 2022
Allergy safety events in healthcare: development and application of a classification … More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unmasking-bias-artificial-intelligence-systematic-review-bias-detection-and-mitigation
March 24, 2019 - March 24, 2019
Development and validation of a deep learning model for detection of allergic … reactions using safety event reports across hospitals. … December 9, 2020
Identifying and reconciling patients' allergy information within the … July 6, 2022
Allergy safety events in healthcare: development and application of a classification
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-vaccination-errors-application-5-rights-framework-national-error-reporting-database
September 21, 2008 - January 6, 2017
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42359/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - clinical-case-electronic-health-record-drug-alert-fatigue-consequences-patient-
outcome
This commentary describes an incident involving an inappropriate override of a drug allergy … alert and
details changes the hospital made in its medication allergy alert system in response to the … clinical-case-electronic-health-record-drug-alert-fatigue-consequences-patient-outcome
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/study-frequency-and-rationale-overriding-allergy-warnings-computerized-prescriber-order-entry
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49452/psn-pdf
July 01, 2004 - Allergy to Holter
July 1, 2004
Williams M. Allergy to Holter. PSNet [internet]. 2004. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/allergy-holter
The Case
A 52-year-old man was admitted for palpitations … proceeded to conduct a complete pin-prick skin sensitivity test
on his back, which showed no evidence of allergies … The nurse looked at the patient's back and realized that he had had an allergy test. … The
workload for the allergy clinic nurse was light.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-pediatric-safety-using-simulation-assess-radiology-resident-preparedness
July 08, 2009 - September 21, 2022
Inaccurate penicillin allergy labeling, the electronic health record … August 24, 2022
Identifying and reconciling patients' allergy information within the … July 6, 2022
Allergy safety events in healthcare: development and application of a classification … More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/natural-language-processing-and-its-implications-future-medication-safety-narrative-review
December 21, 2014 - December 21, 2014
Identifying and reconciling patients' allergy information within the … May 19, 2021
Rising drug allergy alert overrides in electronic health records: an observational … August 3, 2017
Development and validation of a deep learning model for detection of allergic … reactions using safety event reports across hospitals.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-national-vaccine-error-reporting-program
July 29, 2009 - October 31, 2007
Allergy safety events in healthcare: development and application of a … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42203/psn-pdf
April 17, 2013 - what-do-hospital-staff-uk-think-are-causes-penicillin-medication-errors
In this survey exploring why patients with documented penicillin allergy … what-do-hospital-staff-uk-think-are-causes-penicillin-medication-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-associated-documented-allergies
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38468/psn-pdf
March 11, 2009 - How well
do we know our patients' allergies? … HOW WELL DO WE KNOW OUR PATIENTS' ALLERGIES? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-pharmaceuticals-dialysis-patients-how-well-do-we-know-our-patients-
allergies … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-pharmaceuticals-dialysis-patients-how-well-do-we-know-our-patients-allergies … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-pharmaceuticals-dialysis-patients-how-well-do-we-know-our-patients-allergies
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60796/psn-pdf
August 12, 2020 - J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020;8(8):2474-2480.e1.
doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2020.07.003. … such as physical
distancing and health service reallocation, communicating uncertainty, delivering allergy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inside-time-out
March 01, 2004 - On the day of surgery, a different anesthesiologist expressed concern about the reported allergy and … planned to discuss with the surgeon—mostly to understand the nature and severity of the allergy. … A "time out" was conducted, during which a nurse raised concern about the alleged allergy. … He felt that his resident didn't speak up to adequately address the allergy concern, in part because … While the patient did well during the surgery, with no evident allergic reaction, the experience raised
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/correct-treatment-plan-incorrect-diagnosis-pharmacist-intervention
May 01, 2011 - history of human immunodeficiency virus infection, migraines, polysubstance abuse, and a penicillin allergy … Because of her allergy history, the patient was first sent to the hospital for penicillin sensitivity … The plan was to initiate the penicillin desensitization protocol if she had an allergic reaction to initial … transitions in and out of the hospital, decrease mortality, enhance medication list accuracy, improve allergy … documentation placed in the EHR includes clinical progress notes, medication reconciliation notes, allergy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safe-are-outpatient-electronic-health-records-evaluation-medication-related-decision
March 17, 2021 - and between order entry categories (e.g., a low of 3% for drug monitoring and high of 100% for drug-allergy … April 8, 2011
A cross-sectional observational study of high override rates of drug allergy … December 2, 2020
A cross-sectional observational study of high override rates of drug allergy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-patient-safety-practices-small-ambulatory-care-settings
April 19, 2013 - Goals ) focused on medication safety, including such items as maintaining an accurate medication and allergy … The practices significantly improved the accuracy of patient medication and allergy lists during the … Ambulatory Clinic or Office
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