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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41850/psn-pdf
November 21, 2012 - TeamSTEPPS: the patient safety tool that needs to be
implemented.
November 21, 2012
Clapper TC, Kong M. TeamSTEPPS®: The Patient Safety Tool That Needs to Be Implemented. Clin Simul
Nurs. 2011;8(8). doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2011.03.002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teamstepps-patient-safety-tool-needs-be-implemented
De…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45663/psn-pdf
November 09, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide.
November 9, 2016
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-home-antimicrobial-stewardship-guide
Antimicrobial stewardship is one strategy to reduce health care–associated infections in a variety of
set…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36464/psn-pdf
January 07, 2011 - Establishing a rapid response team (RRT) in an academic
hospital: one year's experience.
January 7, 2011
King E, Horvath R, Shulkin DJ. Establishing a rapid response team (RRT) in an academic hospital: One
year's experience. J Hosp Med. 2006;1(5). doi:10.1002/jhm.114.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/establishing-rapi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41407/psn-pdf
June 19, 2012 - Error disclosure: a new domain for safety culture
assessment.
June 19, 2012
Etchegaray J, Gallagher TH, Bell SK, et al. Error disclosure: a new domain for safety culture assessment.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(7):594-9. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000530.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/error-disclosure-new-domain-safety-cultur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40464/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Multiple latent failures align to allow a serious drug
interaction to harm a patient.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. May 5, 2011;16:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multiple-latent-failures-align-allow-serious-drug-interaction-harm-patient
Detailing a case in which latent failures…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37758/psn-pdf
March 10, 2011 - Informatics opportunities: the intersection of patient
safety and clinical informatics.
March 10, 2011
Kilbridge PM, Classen D. The informatics opportunities at the intersection of patient safety and clinical
informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15(4):397-407. doi:10.1197/jamia.M2735.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/is…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34782/psn-pdf
November 01, 2016 - When systems fail.
November 1, 2016
Roberts KH, Bea RG. When systems fail. Organ Dyn. 2002;29(3):179-191. doi:10.1016/s0090-
2616(01)00025-0.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-systems-fail
This review provides a detailed account of managerial causes of failure and managerial failure prevention
strategies. The aut…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49800/psn-pdf
July 01, 2017 - The Hidden Harms of Hand Sanitizer
July 1, 2017
Stewart S. The Hidden Harms of Hand Sanitizer. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-harms-hand-sanitizer
The Case
A 57-year-old woman with a history of alcohol abuse and severe depression was admitted to the hospital
for community-acquired pn…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-care-data-science-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety
October 01, 2016 - trail of data showing every step in which multiple health care professionals took care of countless details … medications, but I soon realized that I only initiated a Rube Goldberg–like machine that handled all the details … work productively with biostatisticians, clinician data scientists should know enough of the technical details
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33922/psn-pdf
August 05, 2009 - The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and
strategies to minimize them.
August 5, 2009
Croskerry P. The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them. Acad Med.
2003;78(8):775-780.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35547/psn-pdf
March 02, 2010 - Use of the common gas outlet for supplementary oxygen
during Caesarean section.
March 2, 2010
Edsell MEG, Erasmus PD. Use of the common gas outlet for supplementary oxygen during Caesarean
section. Anaesthesia. 2005;60(11):1152-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-common-gas-outlet-supplementary-oxygen-during-caesa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34790/psn-pdf
December 23, 2008 - Cognitive errors in diagnosis: instantiation, classification,
and consequences.
December 23, 2008
Kassirer JP, Kopelman RI. Cognitive errors in diagnosis: instantiation, classification, and consequences.
Am J Med. 1989;86(4):433-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-errors-diagnosis-instantiation-classificati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35254/psn-pdf
April 06, 2011 - Adverse events and near miss reporting in the NHS.
April 6, 2011
Shaw R. Adverse events and near miss reporting in the NHS. Quality and Safety in Health Care.
2005;14(4). doi:10.1136/qshc.2004.010553.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-near-miss-reporting-nhs
This study evaluated the utility of a volu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34816/psn-pdf
February 28, 2018 - Blaming others for threatening events.
February 28, 2018
Tennen H; Affleck G.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/blaming-others-threatening-events
This detailed review summarizes existing evidence on how people adapt to threatening events by blaming
others. Discussion includes a synthesis of past work and explanations f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34757/psn-pdf
November 18, 2015 - Unity of Mistakes: A Phenomenological Interpretation of
Medical Work.
November 18, 2015
Paget MA. Philadelphia: Temple University Press; 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unity-mistakes-phenomenological-interpretation-medical-work
In this often described landmark text on the nature of medical error, Marianne Page…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35193/psn-pdf
July 10, 2008 - Diagnostic error in internal medicine.
July 10, 2008
Graber ML, Franklin N, Gordon R. Diagnostic error in internal medicine. Arch Intern Med.
2005;165(13):1493-1499.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-internal-medicine
This study identified 100 cases of diagnostic error in internal medicine and conducte…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34798/psn-pdf
June 23, 2015 - Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado.
June 23, 2015
Thomas EJ; Studdert DM; Newhouse JP; Zbar BI; Howard KM; Williams EJ; Brennan TA
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/costs-medical-injuries-utah-and-colorado
This study analyzed more than 450 adverse events from a representative hospital sample in order to
est…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42153/psn-pdf
April 03, 2013 - Creating an infrastructure for safety event reporting and
analysis in a multicenter pediatric emergency department
network.
April 3, 2013
Chamberlain JM, Shaw KN, Lillis KA, et al. Creating an infrastructure for safety event reporting and
analysis in a multicenter pediatric emergency department network. Pediatr Em…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43654/psn-pdf
April 02, 2015 - Nursing bedside clinical handover—an integrated review
of issues and tools.
April 2, 2015
Anderson J, Malone L, Shanahan K, et al. Nursing bedside clinical handover - an integrated review of
issues and tools. J Clin Nurs. 2015;24(5-6):662-671. doi:10.1111/jocn.12706.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-bedside-cl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39876/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - The anatomy of health care team training and the state of
practice: a critical review.
July 2, 2014
Weaver SJ, Lyons R, DiazGranados D, et al. The anatomy of health care team training and the state of
practice: a critical review. Acad Med. 2010;85(11):1746-60. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181f2e907.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…