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  1. A recurring call to action: every healthcare organization needs a medication safety officer! | PSNet

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    March 03, 2021 - Newspaper/Magazine Article A recurring call to action: every healthcare organization needs a medication safety officer! Citation Text: A recurring call to action: every healthcare organization needs a medication safety officer! ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. February…

  2. Patient safety: a consumer's perspective. | PSNet

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    January 12, 2022 - Study Patient safety: a consumer's perspective. Citation Text: Hovey RB, Dvorak ML, Burton T, et al. Patient safety: a consumer's perspective. Qual Health Res. 2011;21(5):662-72. doi:10.1177/1049732311399779. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3…

  3. Tertiary Care | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Tertiary Care ML-ROVER: Machine Learning to Reduce Laboratory Test Overutilization Description The study will develop, validate, implement, and assess the usability of a machine learning based clinical decision support tool designed to reduce laboratory testing overutilization…

  4. COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection Prevention and Control. | PSNet

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    October 26, 2022 - Book/Report COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection Prevention and Control. Citation Text: COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection Prevention and Control. Washington, DC: United States Government …

  5. Administering just the diluent or one of two vaccine components leaves patients unprotected. | PSNet

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    May 07, 2018 - November 5, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences … March 26, 2014 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs.

  6. Eliminating insulin errors: RPhs share tricks.  | PSNet

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    June 13, 2011 - April 6, 2022 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors. … October 5, 2005 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

  7. ISMP's List of Confused Drug Names. | PSNet

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    August 21, 2015 - Look-alike, sound-alike drugs. … Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs

  8. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2013 - Six classes of drugs and nasal saline are used to treat SAR. … • Corticosteroids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs. … conclusions generalize to other drugs in the same class is uncertain. … • We included FDA-approved drugs only. … effects of other drugs.

  9. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults Making Healthcare Safer IV Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults Rapid Response Main Points 1. Anticoagulation medications help prevent life-threatening events such…

  10. Tragic error with neuromuscular blocker should prompt risk assessment by all hospitals. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2015 - November 5, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences … Departments Health Care Providers Emergency Medicine Hospital Pharmacy Specific to High-Risk Drugs

  11. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)

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    September 30, 2010 - Adverse events resulting from drugs. 2. … Adrenergic drugs for urinary incontinence in adults. … Anticholinergic drugs versus placebo for overactive bladder syndrome in adults. … Anticholinergic drugs versus other medications for overactive bladder syndrome in adults. … delirium/confusional state; urinary tract infection (symptomatic); atrophic urethritis/vaginitis; use of pharmaceuticals

  12. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

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    July 24, 2018 - Government of Canada website. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/ services/publications/drugs-health-products … dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198903233201204 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products … national-surveillance-antimicrobial-susceptibilities-neisseria-gonorrhoeae-annual-summary-2015.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products … national-surveillance-antimicrobial-susceptibilities-neisseria-gonorrhoeae-annual-summary-2015.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products … national-surveillance-antimicrobial-susceptibilities-neisseria-gonorrhoeae-annual-summary-2015.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products

  13. Osteoporosis-Bone-Fracture Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoporosis-bone-fracture_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - Pharmacologic agents include the bisphosphonate class of drugs, peptide hormones (parathyroid hormone … that had been rejected on the basis of drugs that were now included within the scope of the update … indicated for the treatment of osteoporosis (but not if the drugs were being used to treat cancer); … , and single drug versus single drug comparisons for drugs within the same class and across classes … • How was exposure to drugs/exercise ascertained?

  14. Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies. | PSNet

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    June 17, 2014 - Look-alike, sound-alike drugs. … December 12, 2012 Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on

  15. Recommendations for practitioners and manufacturers to address system-based causes of vaccine errors. | PSNet

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    June 18, 2014 - June 4, 2014 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs. … December 15, 2010 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

  16. Metric units and the preferred dosing of orally administered liquid medications. | PSNet

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    April 11, 2011 - Copy URL July 3, 2016 Neville K, Galinkin JL, Green TP, et al; Committee on Drugs … January 11, 2017 Key potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatrics: the KIDs list.

  17. Unverified patient-reported error: a false alarm can have real consequences. | PSNet

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    June 05, 2018 - May 7, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences of practice … February 19, 2014 Survey suggests possible downward trend in identifying key drugs/drug

  18. Sponsored Health IT and Evidence-Based Prescribing among Medical Residents - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs022927-primack-final-report-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - non-EBP) in the United States are multifaceted, the multi-billion-dollar marketing of prescription drugs … Drugs: safe use initative fact sheet. … United States, 2014. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm188760.htm. … A decade of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. … Direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals. Am J Med 2007; 120: 475–80.

  19. Novel Drug Misuse | PSNet

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    September 30, 2010 - that the commentary does not include information about or discuss investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … July 14, 2010 Adverse events associated with sedatives, analgesics, and other drugs that

  20. Enhanced Medication Histories (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2011 - Reminder rates for elderly patients taking at least two drugs from the list of “Drugs to Avoid in … But as may be seen from Table 20 and 21, drugs from the HEDIS list of “Drugs to Avoid in the Elderly … Reminder rates for elderly patients taking at least two drugs from the list of “Drugs to Avoid in the … most frequent Drugs to Avoid in the Elderly. … Drugs To Be Avoided in the Elderly Category 5.
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