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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2006 - On the one hand, people have good ideas, and they take up good ideas, quickly, and they effectively … On the other hand, with that kind of intelligence comes a degree of self-assurance and a perspective

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2014 - The issue at hand is the success with which our health care system more broadly guides patients regarding … Due to the advent of e-prescribing, this step may be taken out of the physician's hands, with default

  3. Root Cause Analysis Gone Wrong | PSNet

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    August 28, 2024 - This means that health care increasingly needs to solve the problem of many hands ( 23 ), where too little … Patient safety and the problem of many hands. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25:485-488. [go to PubMed] 24.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2013 - there is obvious safety benefit of taking these complex weight-based treatment calculations out of the hands … If the clinician had to type, or write by hand, the weight of 25 kilograms, or 55 pounds, rather than

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2009 - On the other hand, the opportunity costs stemming from dedicating providers' resources uniquely to the

  6. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

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    October 01, 2012 - personal and environmental hygiene are key strategies to infection prevention Athletes should clean hands … with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub before and after practice and using shared weight-training

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2018 - Studies have explored challenging staff about washing their hands, marking surgical sites, or checking … NBK259580/ https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/determining-patients-comfort-inquiring-about-healthcare-providers-hand-washing-behavior

  8. Hospitals target risks of color wristbands. | PSNet

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    August 17, 2016 - June 25, 2014 Why hospitals want patients to ask doctors, 'Have you washed your hands … About The Topic Hospitals Patients Identification Errors Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

  9. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line–associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. | PSNet

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    April 05, 2013 - December 9, 2015 Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated … October 31, 2014 Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand

  10. Codifying knowledge to improve patient safety: a qualitative study of practice-based interventions. | PSNet

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    January 29, 2014 - July 27, 2018 Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring … October 15, 2014 Patient-as-observer approach: an alternative method for hand hygiene

  11. Clinical predictors for unsafe direct discharge home patients from intensive care units. | PSNet

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    January 12, 2011 - experience, and perspective-taking on challenging premature closure after pediatric ICU physicians receive hand-off … Topic Researchers Intensive Care Units Hospital Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

  12. Interprofessional handover and patient safety in anaesthesia: observational study of handovers in the recovery room. | PSNet

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    April 18, 2011 - See More About The Topic Hospitals Anesthesiology Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off … Problems Structured Hand-offs

  13. Variation in printed handoff documents: results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessment. | PSNet

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    June 25, 2014 - July 10, 2017 Patient Hand-Off iNitiation and Evaluation (PHONE) study: a randomized … Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 22, 2011 - published-literature-handoffs-hospitals-deficiencies-identified-extensive-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/handoffs-and-signouts https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-hand-communication

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2010 - On the other hand, if a task has automatized subtasks that do not give such evidence of their completion … If both hands are used in the task, the checklist cannot require the use of hands, or the steps need … Consideration of physical demands is extremely important—for example, if hand hygiene is necessary, … a health care worker cannot be prompted to touch the checklist, wash hands, and re-contaminate his or … her hands as he or she records the action on the checklist.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 16, 2015 - influence-organizational-context-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety-efforts-infection https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using-electronic

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 16, 2008 - seemingly simple techniques such as encouraging patients to ask their physicians if they washed their hands … and challenging questions (eg, "Did you wash your hands?"). 

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 09, 2012 - challenge clinicians with regard to safety procedures, such as asking a doctor if they washed their hands … what-can-hospitalized-patients-tell-us-about-adverse-events-learning-patient-reported https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/speak-brochures https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands

  19. The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? | PSNet

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    July 19, 2018 - Study The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Citation Text: Chang DC, Handly N, Abdullah F, et al. The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Ann Surg. 2008;247(2):327-34. doi:10.1097/SLA.…

  20. Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers. | PSNet

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    August 17, 2016 - June 25, 2014 Why hospitals want patients to ask doctors, 'Have you washed your hands … October 14, 2015 Why hospitals want patients to ask doctors, 'Have you washed your hands
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