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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34623/psn-pdf
January 28, 2015 - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health
Care.
January 28, 2015
Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/australian-commission-safety-and-quality-health-care
Established in January 2006, the Commission leads and coordinates improvements in safety and qu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36146/psn-pdf
February 05, 2019 - Guidelines for Design and Construction.
February 5, 2019
St Louis, Missouri; Facilities Guidelines Institute; 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidelines-design-and-construction
These updated guidelines include design changes, such as the adoption of private rooms to reduce
medical error, interruptions, and hosp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34099/psn-pdf
March 02, 2016 - Findings from the ISMP Medication Safety Self-
Assessment for hospitals.
March 2, 2016
Smetzer JL, Vaida AJ, Cohen MR, et al. Findings from the ISMP Medication Safety Self-Assessment for
hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2003;29(11):586-597.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/findings-ismp-medication-safety-self-as…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42712/psn-pdf
October 02, 2017 - Improving patient safety through transparency.
October 2, 2017
Kachalia A. Improving patient safety through transparency. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(18):1677-9.
doi:10.1056/NEJMp1303960.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-transparency
This commentary describes successful transparency initiat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39196/psn-pdf
January 16, 2010 - Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery.
January 16, 2010
Pinney D, Pearce DJ, Feldman SR. Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery. Dermatol Surg.
2010;36(1):8-14. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01378.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/detecting-adverse-events-dermatologic-surgery
This review identifi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36127/psn-pdf
September 29, 2010 - Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a
complex medical error.
September 29, 2010
K?ys M, Konopka T, Scis?owski M, et al. Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex
medical error. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007;59(1):89-95.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatality-involving-vi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42772/psn-pdf
January 01, 2014 - Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First.
November 27, 2013
Department of Health. London, England: Crown Publishing; January 2014. ISBN: 9780101877725.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hard-truths-journey-putting-patients-first
This two-part report outlines actions that health care leaders in the United Kingd…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36845/psn-pdf
August 29, 2011 - Near miss audit in obstetrics.
August 29, 2011
Penney G, Brace V. Near miss audit in obstetrics. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2007;19(2):145-150.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/near-miss-audit-obstetrics
Reviewing studies about maternal morbidity, the authors discuss the various measurement
approaches used to identify …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39780/psn-pdf
January 04, 2017 - The First Annual HealthGrades Pediatric Patient Safety in
American Hospitals Study.
January 4, 2017
Reed K, May R. Golden, CO: Health Grades, Inc; 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-annual-healthgrades-pediatric-patient-safety-american-hospitals-study
This report analyzed Agency for Healthcare Research and Q…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35469/psn-pdf
January 21, 2011 - Neurologic patient safety: an in-depth study of
malpractice claims.
January 21, 2011
Glick TH, Cranberg LD, Hanscom RB, et al. Neurologic patient safety: an in-depth study of malpractice
claims. Neurology. 2005;65(8):1284-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/neurologic-patient-safety-depth-study-malpractice-claims
The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36683/psn-pdf
March 28, 2011 - Adverse events following an emergency department visit.
March 28, 2011
Forster AJ, Rose NGW, van Walraven C, et al. Adverse events following an emergency department visit.
Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(1):17-22.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-following-emergency-department-visit
The investigators inte…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40157/psn-pdf
January 19, 2011 - Instrument readiness: an important link to patient safety.
January 19, 2011
McNamara SA. Instrument readiness: an important link to patient safety. AORN J. 2011;93(1):160-4.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2010.09.027.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/instrument-readiness-important-link-patient-safety
This commentary reviews steps…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42561/psn-pdf
October 09, 2013 - Defining technical errors in laparoscopic surgery: a
systematic review.
October 9, 2013
Bonrath EM, Dedy NJ, Zevin B, et al. Defining technical errors in laparoscopic surgery: a systematic
review. Surg Endosc. 2013;27(8):2678-91. doi:10.1007/s00464-013-2827-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-technical-errors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41160/psn-pdf
February 22, 2012 - Surgical count practice variability and the potential for
retained surgical items.
February 22, 2012
Edel EM. Surgical count practice variability and the potential for retained surgical items. AORN J.
2012;95(2):228-38. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2011.02.014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-count-practice-variabilit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42600/psn-pdf
September 18, 2013 - Oral medications inadvertently given via the intravenous
route.
September 18, 2013
Shah-Mohammadi AR, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2013;10:85-91.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oral-medications-inadvertently-given-intravenous-route
Analyzing data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42310/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Administering a saline flush "site unseen" can lead to a
wrong route error.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. May 16, 2013;18:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/administering-saline-flush-site-unseen-can-lead-wrong-route-error
Describing a tubing misconnection error, this newsletter id…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50896/psn-pdf
February 12, 2020 - Medical abbreviations that have contradictory or
ambiguous meanings.
February 12, 2020
Davis N. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition! January 30, 2020;25(2):1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-abbreviations-have-contradictory-or-ambiguous-meanings
Multiple organizations have identified using…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38130/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - View the world through a different lens: shadowing
another provider.
January 2, 2017
Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, Lubomski LH, et al. View the world through a different lens: shadowing
another provider. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(10):614-8, 561.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/view-world-through-different-le…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39882/psn-pdf
January 19, 2011 - Incidence and types of non-ideal care events in an
emergency department.
January 19, 2011
Hall KK, Schenkel SM, Hirshon JM, et al. Incidence and types of non-ideal care events in an emergency
department. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19 Suppl 3:i20-5. doi:10.1136/qshc.2010.040246.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inciden…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73548/psn-pdf
July 27, 2021 - Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care.
July 27, 2021
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-errors-primary-care
Case analysis provides important opportunities to highlight factors that culminate in diagnostic error. This
website supports learning generated from the Primary-Care…