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June 24, 2025 - Workaround
From the perspective of frontline personnel trying to accomplish their work, the design of equipment or the policies governing work tasks can seem counterproductive. When frontline personnel adopt consistent patterns of work or ways of bypassing safety features of medical equipment, these patterns and acti…
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July 10, 2024 - Updating Eindhoven: clarifying the features of a patient
safety near miss.
July 10, 2024
Woodier N, Burnett C, Sampson P, et al. Updating Eindhoven: clarifying the features of a patient safety
near miss. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2024;29(4):195-201. doi:10.1177/25160435241247096.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/updat…
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September 25, 2024 - Stop the line: interventions to prevent retained surgical
items.
September 25, 2024
Angelilli S. Stop the line: interventions to prevent retained surgical items. AORN J. 2024;120(2):71-81.
doi:10.1002/aorn.14190.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stop-line-interventions-prevent-retained-surgical-items
Retained surgica…
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September 29, 2021 - Policies to promote shared responsibility for safer
electronic health records.
September 29, 2021
Sittig DF, Singh H. Policies to promote shared responsibility for safer electronic health records. JAMA.
2021;326(15):1477-1478. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13945.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/policies-promote-shared-respon…
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June 14, 2019 - A team disclosure of error educational activity: objective
outcomes.
June 14, 2019
Krumwiede KH, Wagner JM, Kirk LM, et al. A Team Disclosure of Error Educational Activity: Objective
Outcomes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019;67(6):1273-1277. doi:10.1111/jgs.15883.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/team-disclosure-error-educatio…
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August 21, 2024 - Minimization of occurrence of retained surgical items
using machine learning and deep learning techniques: a
review.
August 21, 2024
Abo-Zahhad M, El-Malek AHA, Sayed MS, et al. Minimization of occurrence of retained surgical items
using machine learning and deep learning techniques: a review. BioData Min. 2024;17…
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September 01, 2008 - In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH
September 1, 2008
In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-witheric-g-poon-md-mph
Editor's note: Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH, is Director of Clinical Informatics at Brigham and Women's
Hospital and Assi…
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March 03, 2010 - The Science of Simulation in Healthcare: Defining and
Developing Clinical Expertise.
March 3, 2010
Kaji AH, Cone DC, eds. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15:971-1222.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/science-simulation-healthcare-defining-and-developing-clinical-expertise
This special issue highlights an AHRQ-funded sympo…
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March 29, 2006 - The ethics and practical importance of defining,
distinguishing and disclosing nursing errors: a
discussion paper.
March 29, 2006
Johnstone MJ; Kanitsaki O.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethics-and-practical-importance-defining-distinguishing-and-disclosing-nursing-
errors
The authors provide a definition of "nur…
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January 01, 2025 - Medication administration in aged care facilities: a mixed-
methods systematic review.
July 31, 2024
Garratt S, Dowling A, Manias E. Medication administration in aged care facilities: a mixed?methods
systematic review. J Adv Nurs. 2025;81(2):621-640. doi:10.1111/jan.16318.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-a…
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June 12, 2024 - Defining, identifying and addressing problematic
polypharmacy within multimorbidity in primary care: a
scoping review.
June 12, 2024
Tsang JY, Sperrin M, Blakeman T, et al. Defining, identifying and addressing problematic polypharmacy
within multimorbidity in primary care: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2024;14(5):e0…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/860732/psn-pdf
April 16, 2024 - Retained Swabs Following Invasive Procedures: Themes
Identified from a Review of NHS Serious Incident Reports.
April 16, 2024
Dorset, UK: Health Services Safety Investigations Body; April 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/retained-swabs-following-invasive-procedures-themes-identified-review-nhs-
serious-incident
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June 09, 2025 - Error
An act of commission (doing something wrong) or omission (failing to do the right thing) that leads to an undesirable outcome or significant potential for such an outcome. For instance, ordering a medication for a patient with a documented allergy to that medication would be an act of commission. Failing to pre…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50827/psn-pdf
January 22, 2020 - Becoming a high-reliability organization through shared
learning of safety events
January 22, 2020
Klenklen J. Patient Saf Qual HCare. December 19, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/becoming-high-reliability-organization-through-shared-learning-safety-events
High reliability organizations consistently examine wha…
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July 13, 2009 - Social aspects of clinical errors: a discussion paper.
July 13, 2009
Richman J, Mason T, Mason-Whitehead E, et al. Social aspects of clinical errors. Int J Nurs Stud.
2009;46(8). doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.01.006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/social-aspects-clinical-errors-discussion-paper
This article engages wi…
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June 29, 2005 - JCAHO proposal for patient-centered care brings concept
to mainstream healthcare settings.
June 29, 2005
ECRI. Risk Management Reporter. June 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/jcaho-proposal-patient-centered-care-brings-concept-mainstream-healthcare-
settings
This commentary provides a definition of patient-cent…
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December 13, 2023 - When public health goes wrong: toward a new concept of
public health error.
December 13, 2023
Bavli I. When public health goes wrong: toward a new concept of public health error. J Law Med Ethics.
2023;51(2):385-402. doi:10.1017/jme.2023.67.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-public-health-goes-wrong-toward-new-con…
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May 13, 2020 - Resilience and regulation, an odd couple? Consequences
of Safety-II on governmental regulation of healthcare
quality.
May 13, 2020
Leistikow I, Bal RA. Resilience and regulation, an odd couple? Consequences of Safety-II on governmental
regulation of healthcare quality. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020;29(10):869–872. doi:10.113…
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April 11, 2018 - Preventing newborn falls and drops.
April 11, 2018
Quick Safety. March 27, 2018;(40):1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-newborn-falls-and-drops
Falls are a common patient safety concern for adults but are rarely discussed as a threat to newborn
safety. This newsletter article provides a definition for a …
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January 01, 2024 - Whether patient and family understanding of safety issues aligns with standard definitions of medical … Whether patient and family understanding of safety issues aligns with standard definitions of medical