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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865598/psn-pdf
April 17, 2024 - Guardians of grafts: reducing medication errors in
transplant recipients.
April 17, 2024
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care. April 4, 2024;29(7):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guardians-grafts-reducing-medication-errors-transplant-recipients
Safe medication therapy for transplant patients is complex and h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48043/psn-pdf
October 01, 2023 - Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
October 1, 2023
Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FA.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-services-safety-investigations-body
Independent investigations examine system weaknesses in health care to inform improvement, reduce risk,
and pr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866072/psn-pdf
June 05, 2024 - WHO Global Report on Patient Safety.
June 5, 2024
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2024. ISBN 9789240095458.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/who-global-report-patient-safety
Comparative data can help to inform and motivate patient safety improvement efforts. This report uses the
seven objectives of the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42991/psn-pdf
March 12, 2014 - Medication errors in hospitalised children.
March 12, 2014
Manias E, Kinney S, Cranswick N, et al. Medication errors in hospitalised children. J Paediatr Child Health.
2014;50(1):71-7. doi:10.1111/jpc.12412.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-hospitalised-children
Consistent with findings from prior st…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867237/psn-pdf
December 04, 2024 - Morbidity and mortality: delays in my patient’s cancer
care.
December 4, 2024
Rahman AS. Morbidity and mortality: delays in my patient’s cancer care. Health Aff (Millwood).
2024;43(11):1605-1608. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00513.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/morbidity-and-mortality-delays-my-patients-cancer-care
Sy…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46688/psn-pdf
January 01, 2018 - New solutions to reduce wrong route medication errors.
December 18, 2017
Litman RS, Smith VI, Mainland P. New solutions to reduce wrong route medication errors. Paediatr
Anaesth. 2018;28(1):8-12. doi:10.1111/pan.13279.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-solutions-reduce-wrong-route-medication-errors
Tubing misconnec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46243/psn-pdf
June 05, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and
Recovery.
June 5, 2019
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-improving-surgical-care-and-recovery
Patients are vulnerable to harm after surgery. This program used methods from the Comprehensive Unit-
based S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46144/psn-pdf
June 28, 2017 - Reducing error in anticoagulant dosing via
multidisciplinary team rounding at point of care.
June 28, 2017
Sharma M, Krishnamurthy M, Snyder R, et al. Reducing error in anticoagulant dosing via multidisciplinary
team rounding at point of care. Clin Pract. 2017;7(2). doi:10.4081/cp.2017.953.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43317/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - More than 750 hospitals face Medicare crackdown on
patient injuries.
July 2, 2014
Rau J. Kaiser Health News. June 22, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/more-750-hospitals-face-medicare-crackdown-patient-injuries
Financial incentives have shown both benefits and limitations in driving efforts to improve patient sa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46854/psn-pdf
June 20, 2018 - FDA Safety Communication: recommendations to reduce
surgical fires and related patient injury.
June 20, 2018
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration. May 29, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-safety-communication-recommendations-reduce-surgical-fires-and-related-
patient-inju…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47540/psn-pdf
April 03, 2019 - Medication handling: towards a practical, human-centred
approach.
April 3, 2019
Marshall SD, Chrimes N. Medication handling: towards a practical, human-centred approach. Anaesthesia.
2019;74(3):280-284. doi:10.1111/anae.14482.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-handling-towards-practical-human-centred-approac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39949/psn-pdf
October 27, 2010 - Patient safety and image transfer between referring
hospitals and neuroscience centres: could we do better?
October 27, 2010
Crocker M, Cato-Addison WB, Pushpananthan S, et al. Patient safety and image transfer between referring
hospitals and neuroscience centres: could we do better? Br J Neurosurg. 2010;24(4):391-…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-shared-decision-making-reduce-harm-drug-interactions-end-end/citation/coordinated
January 01, 2023 - Coordinated use of Health Level 7 standards to support clinical decision support: Case study with shared decision making and drug-drug interactions.
Citation
Thiess H, Del Fiol G, Malone DC, Cornia R, Sibilla M, Rhodes B, Boyce RD, Kawamoto K, Reese T. Coordinated use of Health Level 7 standards to su…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/national-steering-committee.html
June 01, 2021 - National Steering Committee for Patient Safety
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QUxyRDRTyLA
AHRQ is co-leading the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety, which includes members from two dozen organizations that are joining together to create a national action plan to ac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855107/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - Foundations of Safety Science: a century of
understanding accidents and disasters.
January 1, 2019
Dekker S. Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2019. ISBN: 9781138481787.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/foundations-safety-science-century-understanding-accidents-and-disasters
Safety science p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74093/psn-pdf
November 17, 2021 - Prevent errors during emergency use of hypertonic
sodium chloride solutions.
November 17, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. November 4, 2021;26(22); 1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevent-errors-during-emergency-use-hypertonic-sodium-chloride-solutions
Delays in diagnosis and treatment duri…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide30.html
October 01, 2014 - 30. Adolescent Smokers (continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Overview
Text version of slide presentation.
Children and Adolescents:
Recommendation: Clinicians should ask pediatric and adolescent patients about tobacco use and provide a strong message regarding the importance of t…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide201.html
October 01, 2014 - 201. Specific Populations and Other Topics (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Children and Adolescents
Recommendation: Clinicians should ask pediatric and adolescent patients about tobacco use and provide a strong message regarding the impor…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838175/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism
prophylaxis.
September 28, 2022
Richie CD, Castle JT, Davis GA, et al. Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
Angiology. 2022;73(8):712-715. doi:10.1177/00033197221083724.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/modes-failure-venous-thromboembolism-prophylaxis
Hosp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38906/psn-pdf
November 13, 2009 - Methodological variability in detecting prescribing errors
and consequences for the evaluation of interventions.
November 13, 2009
Franklin BD, Birch S, Savage I, et al. Methodological variability in detecting prescribing errors and
consequences for the evaluation of interventions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;…