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July 01, 2017 - transfusion recipient safety. … The Commentary By Sarah Barnhard, MD Introduction: Transfusion Safety The history of the blood supply … in safety in terms of infectious agents. 1 Rates of transfusion-transmitted viral infections such as … Emily Cooley Lecture 2002: Transfusion safety in the hospital. … a Positive Blood Culture
July 1, 2017
WebM&M Cases
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January 01, 2024 - In today’s hospital culture, no patient should suffer as a result of reluctance of nurses, physicians … Patient Safety Over Power Hierarchy: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Professionals' Speaking-up Skills … AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet). October 31, 2023. Accessed July 15, 2024. … Patient Safety Issues From Information Overload in Electronic Medical Records. … [Free full text]
Advancing safety with closed-loop communication of test results. Quick Safety.
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September 30, 2010 - patients with sepsis but low risk of death (ADDRESS) was recently stopped by the Data Safety and Monitoring … Efficacy and safety of recombinant human activated protein C for severe sepsis. … diagnostic safety. … culture and less caregiver burnout. … July 3, 2016
Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU.
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December 04, 2016 - Medical errors and patient safety in palliative care: a review of current literature. … December 4, 2016
Medical errors and patient safety in palliative care: a review of current … Patients' perception of safety while receiving specialist community palliative care. … December 21, 2022
WebM&M Cases
Culture Clash No More: … December 4, 2016
Patients' and families' perspectives of patient safety at the end of
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February 01, 2017 - Good team communication is a critical element of patient safety and should be an ongoing priority for … might facilitate or create barriers for good communication and safety. … [Available at]
https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources … Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. … The role of consumers, families and the community in
patient safety: learning from experience.
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January 31, 2024 - The whole batch of formula was discarded, and a safety report was filed. … as well as ensuring a strong patient safety culture are essential. … Approaches to Improving Safety Standardized Processes for Infant Feeding Expressed breast milk being … of expressed breast milk. 20 The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority described a comprehensive set … Best practices for communicating after patient safety errors have occurred may include the following:
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February 26, 2025 - . 2 Although many anesthesia providers are pioneers in the field of patient safety, errors and adverse … , the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI). … The critical care safety study: the incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors … surgical safety checklist (SSC): an integrative review. … August 30, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33730/psn-pdf
June 01, 2012 - He is Director of the Imperial Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality and the
Clinical Safety … He is the editor of Clinical Risk Management and author
of the book Patient Safety. … Robert Wachter, Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: As you entered the field of patient safety a couple of
decades … It's one of the areas of safety where a big national system has had a major impact
because there has … contribution of
people like you—from nonproviders looking at safety.
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February 01, 2014 - spoke with him about
how interruptions and distractions in the clinical environment influence patient safety … patient safety? … decade that in some clinical settings, not only are interruptions frequent but they're also a patient
safety … There are lots of ways of doing it. … We
have this culture such that people are hypersensitive about interrupting someone, but somebody needs
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September 01, 2008 - The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety
September 1, 2008
Rothschild JM, Keohane C. … The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2008. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-bar-coding-and-smart-pumps-safety
Perspective
Medication safety … medication safety: getting the right dose of the right drug to the right patient using the right route … A controlled trial of smart infusion pumps to improve
medication safety in critically ill patients.
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January 29, 2020 - One report states that 11% of preventable adverse patient safety outcomes are a result of
ineffective … A joint ED/Radiology workgroup to explore ways to
improve the safety and efficiency of transport between … A joint Radiology/ED workgroup, established to improve coordination,
communication, and safety of transport … Interruptions of nurses' activities and patient safety: an
integrative literature review. … WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety Solutions: Patient Identification. May 2007.
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December 18, 2024 - The whole batch of formula was
discarded, and a safety report was filed.
… must be in place to ensure safety when administering breast milk to patients.14 When
expressed breast … staffing as well as ensuring a strong patient safety culture are essential. … Approaches to Improving Safety
Standardized Processes for Infant Feeding
Expressed breast milk being … of expressed breast milk.20
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority described a comprehensive set
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November 11, 2020 - After this case was reviewed by the patient safety committee several months after the operation; potential … Initiate the resolution process, which includes implementing patient safety processes to improve care … As the quality and safety review and determination of a settlement offer take a significant amount of … Paving the Way for Progress: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety and Medical … November 11, 2020
Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles
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June 29, 2020 - and the prevention of medication errors is always one of several priority safety concerns for pharmacists … Lastly, redeployment of healthcare personnel to new areas and specialty of care may introduce safety … ensure the safety of all staff and the patients they are interacting with. … I credit the culture shift over the last 20 years to make sure that patient safety remains front and … Then the safe use of those medications, as we were just talking about – ensuring safety of those medications
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September 28, 2022 - A narrow view of patient safety is if you, for example, give the wrong medicines to someone and they … However, it'll take a change in the culture because we’re so used to the idea that care is provided within … AHRQ’s broad definition of patient safety includes “prevention of diagnostic errors, medical errors … A patient safety event can be the furthest downstream outcome of a series of events that starts with … Medicine—and all of the models have distinct implications for patient safety.
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September 01, 2016 - On top of that, many of these applications are marketed directly to consumers without any formal safety … all phases of the telemedicine project life cycle; (ii) integrate safety testing as part of usability … safety. … The impact of telehealthcare on the quality and safety of care: a systematic overview. … safety.
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December 01, 2006 - Examples of ongoing Q tracks programs include monitoring errors in patient wristbands, blood culture … Chief, Laboratory Errors and Patient Safety Newsletter University of Washington, Department of Laboratory … Errors in laboratory medicine: practical lessons to improve patient safety. … Putting power into patient safety interventions. Lab Errors Patient Saf. 2005;1:9–11.
15. … Tangible involvement and action by
leadership in support of patient safety
Regular communication (lectures
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June 01, 2010 - reflect your interest in safety and that you're particularly proud of? … It's been helped by the patient safety movement of course. … How did you get the culture to accept that?
PC: It wasn't easy. … safety problems. … Model of Patient Safety.
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March 01, 2009 - handoff guidelines described by the Joint Commission
See Notes for references.
2008 National Patient Safety … The Joint Commission Accreditation Program: Ambulatory Health Care National Patient Safety Goals. … information fails to be conveyed or is forgotten
See Notes for references.
2008 National Patient Safety … The Joint Commission Accreditation Program: Ambulatory Health Care National Patient Safety Goals. … and include the following items (see next slide)
See Notes for reference.
2008 National Patient Safety
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October 28, 2020 - can be safely utilized in an inpatient setting
Discuss recommended practices to optimize patient safety … of incorrect management related to use of her home CGM for calculation of insulin
doses. … and providers, and the
need for standardized hospital protocols.4,6
Approach to Optimizing Patient Safety … on clinical
outcomes and safety to recommend widespread CGM use in hospitalized patients.22,23 Even … An Overview of Safety Issues on Use of Insulin
Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems in the