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201. The care transitions intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-transitions-intervention-results-randomized-controlled-trial
     July 10, 2008 - The foci of the intervention were on ensuring accurate medication usage and appropriate follow-up care

202. Parental misinterpretations of over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medication labels. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parental-misinterpretations-over-counter-pediatric-cough-and-cold-medication-labels
     May 04, 2012 - Despite this, most parents in this study thought such medications were entirely appropriate for their

203. Are temporary staff associated with more severe emergency department medication errors? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-temporary-staff-associated-more-severe-emergency-department-medication-errors
     June 29, 2011 - However, achieving an appropriate nurse-to-patient ratio may necessitate using temporary staff, who may

204. Safety at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: how to keep our oncology patients and healthcare workers safe. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-time-covid-19-pandemic-how-keep-our-oncology-patients-and-healthcare-workers-safe
     September 03, 2011 - They also propose measures focused on healthcare worker safety, including appropriate use of personal

205. Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/introduction-medical-emergency-team-met-system-cluster-randomised-controlled-trial
     January 18, 2011 - hospital groups, system-based interventions can support a focus on improved monitoring of patients and appropriate

206. Improving situation awareness to reduce unrecognized clinical deterioration and serious safety events. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-situation-awareness-reduce-unrecognized-clinical-deterioration-and-serious-safety
     December 02, 2014 - Lack of appropriate situational awareness is an important source of diagnostic errors .

207. Exploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-situational-awareness-diagnostic-errors-primary-care
     September 20, 2011 - lacking (e.g., information perception, information comprehension, forecasting future events, and choosing appropriate

208. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49853/psn-pdf
     February 01, 2019 - for the intrahospital transfer process may include pretransport assessment of the patient, use of appropriate … standardized protocols (e.g., a triage protocol or other locally developed guidelines) to determine appropriate … Safe transport requires trained personnel and appropriate level of monitoring.

209. Misplaced Vial: Medication Kit Variability Contributes to Medication Error During Patient Transport | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misplaced-vial-medication-kit-variability-contributes-medication-error-during-patient
     March 12, 2021 - The clinician promptly corrected the error by administering the appropriate dose of rocuronium. … the impact of double check systems found that such processes may detect up to 95% of errors, with appropriate … Take-Home Points Double checks during medication administration have value with judicious use and appropriate

210. Preventable Transfer to the Hospital | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/preventable-transfer-hospital
     March 31, 2022 - The ethics committee found that transition to hospice was appropriate, given the patient’s pattern of

211. Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults: a systematic review. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-clinical-practice-guidelines-fall-prevention-and-management-older-adults
     March 09, 2022 - , 2022 Medication appropriateness in vulnerable older adults: healthy skepticism of appropriate

212. Misplaced Nasogastric Tube Resulting in Aspiration | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misplaced-nasogastric-tube-resulting-aspiration
     August 01, 2009 - the enteric tube was safe to use would have been helpful to electronically communicate and document appropriate … significantly misplaced line or tube”. 16 Nevertheless, it can often be difficult for radiologists to find the appropriate … facilitate notification of critical imaging test results via automated transmission of information to the appropriate … NG tube aspirate characteristics may be considered as a low-cost secondary confirmatory measure for appropriate … radiologic results (such as ANCR), and the utilization of a standard and expected EHR order to document appropriate

213. Mismanagement of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Hypertensive Emergency | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mismanagement-acute-decompensated-heart-failure-hypertensive-emergency
     May 01, 2018 - Objectives At the conclusion of this educational activity, participants should be able to: Recognize appropriate … Discuss appropriate Emergency Department disposition for patients during hypertensive emergencies, and … patient with only one “ICU level need” (i.e., a titratable infusion), a stepdown unit may have been appropriate … apparently led to repeated administration of “as needed” anti-hypertensives to keep the patient’s condition appropriate … Avoiding universal administration of fluid boluses, caution in treating hypertensive emergencies, choosing appropriate

214. Safe practice recommendations for the use of copy-forward with nursing flow sheets in hospital settings. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-practice-recommendations-use-copy-forward-nursing-flow-sheets-hospital-settings
     May 18, 2022 - easily identifiable within the electronic medical record, staff should receive formal training on the appropriate

215. Abdominal Pain in Early Pregnancy | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/abdominal-pain-early-pregnancy
     November 13, 2024 - complete abdominal ultrasound (looking for nonpregnancy-related intra-abdominal pathology) would have been appropriate … In retrospect, it may not have been appropriate to discharge this patient from the ED after her initial … When the patient returned with worsening symptoms, appropriate imaging was pursued and revealed acute

216. Culture of Safety | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
     September 15, 2024 - One issue is that while "no blame" is the appropriate stance for many errors, certain errors do seem … In an effort to balance the twin needs for no-blame and appropriate accountability, the concept of 

217. Evaluation of harm associated with high dose-range clinical decision support overrides in the intensive care unit. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-harm-associated-high-dose-range-clinical-decision-support-overrides-intensive-care
     August 17, 2018 - In almost 90% of cases, the overrides were deemed clinically appropriate.

218. The impact of computerized provider order entry systems on medical-imaging services: a systematic review. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-computerized-provider-order-entry-systems-medical-imaging-services-systematic-review
     June 14, 2017 - studies have also shown that combining CPOE with DSS can improve diagnostic performance and encourage appropriate

219. Anticoagulant medication errors in nursing homes: characteristics, causes, outcomes, and association with patient harm. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anticoagulant-medication-errors-nursing-homes-characteristics-causes-outcomes-and-association
     December 15, 2011 - Errors were found to be common and harmful, often due to inadequate monitoring to ensure appropriate

220. Patient safety perceptions in pediatric out-of-hospital emergency care: Children's Safety Initiative. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-perceptions-pediatric-out-hospital-emergency-care-childrens-safety-initiative
     March 22, 2017 - Respondents reported a need for training, support for clinical assessment and decision-making, appropriate