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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35814/psn-pdf
April 05, 2006 - patient-safety-and-quality-initiatives-intensive-care-unit
The authors summarize several initiatives being implemented in intensive care units to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36376/psn-pdf
November 21, 2016 - safety-information-patients-and-families
This Web site provides medication safety information for consumers, including a list to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40197/psn-pdf
February 09, 2011 - professional-conduct-toolkit
This toolkit provides a checklist, a planning guide, and other tools to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40901/psn-pdf
November 02, 2011 - complexity-and-safety
Exploring how safety and complexity science intersect, this commentary makes recommendations to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36584/psn-pdf
January 12, 2011 - The authors assessed the literature to determine risk factors for falls that can be identified to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42181/psn-pdf
April 10, 2013 - think-you-cant-make-medication-errors
This article describes examples of medication safety failures and details methods to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39524/psn-pdf
January 17, 2012 - This news article details how research on errors related to computerized provider order entry may help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40862/psn-pdf
October 19, 2011 - such as anchoring error, availability bias, and confirmation bias, this piece describes
tactics to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37106/psn-pdf
August 15, 2007 - experts-offer-smart-tips-smart-pumps
This article describes how robust drug libraries developed for programmable smart pumps can help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41757/psn-pdf
January 25, 2018 - awareness of risks associated with buying medications from online pharmacies and
offers resources to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35897/psn-pdf
July 23, 2010 - ensuring-patient-safety-wireless-medical-device-networks
The authors discuss clinical alarm systems from a technical perspective and propose a toolkit to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/good-catch-operating-room
August 27, 2017 - Safety (TeamSTEPPS) program for health care teams ( 12 ) has several effective communication tools to help … Individuals can help by learning and using effective communication strategies such as the CUS Tool and … Take-Home Points The CUS Tool can help alert other team members to a safety problem and should prompt … High reliability organizations promote mindfulness throughout their structures to help identify, trap … the leader of the team directs actions, it is the responsibility of all team members to identify and help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/classification-system-incidents-and-accidents-health-care-system
September 28, 2010 - Study
Classic
A classification system for incidents and accidents in the health-care system.
Citation Text:
Runciman WB, Helps SC, Sexton EJ, et al. A classification for incidents and accidents in the health-care system. J Qual Clin Pract. 1998;18(3):199-211.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49725/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - rushed and difficult circumstance places a high premium on
comprehensive, accurate communication, to help … Accordingly,
development and implementation of communication tools may be needed to help prevent the … The purpose of communication tools as cognitive aids in such circumstances is to
help prevent human … cognitive aid from planned organized handover checklists for transitions among caregivers
can clearly help … Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist is an extremely
valuable tool that has been proven to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49794/psn-pdf
May 01, 2017 - contrast, a deeper
understanding of the culture and norms surrounding communication in the hospital could help … interspecialty
team care serve as a basis for defining appropriate behaviors within the hospital, might help … side may have
created an environment in which neither junior team member felt empowered to ask for help … Are junior members
of a team allowed to skip hierarchy levels to ask for advice or help? … Understanding communication between teams from a cultural perspective may help identify
opportunities
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33976/psn-pdf
December 18, 2008 - issue/medical-errors-overcoming-challenges
This commentary introduces several initiatives intended to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41919/psn-pdf
December 12, 2012 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/best-medicine-fixing-modern-hospital
This news article highlights how hospital design can help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36546/psn-pdf
January 10, 2011 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-patient-centered-care
The authors suggest system-level changes to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36347/psn-pdf
March 18, 2010 - Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) reports of skin tears
and provides suggestions to help
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42448/psn-pdf
July 24, 2013 - measure-twice-cut-once
This piece relates how focusing on quality, education, responsibility, and standardization can help