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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39632/psn-pdf
May 20, 2016 - Medical Liability Reform & Patient Safety Initiative.
May 20, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-liability-reform-patient-safety-initiative
This website disseminates information regarding an AHRQ-funded initiative to implement and evaluate
medical liability …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36897/psn-pdf
August 31, 2011 - Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal
medicine clinic.
August 31, 2011
Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, et al. Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal
medicine clinic. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(10):1062-70.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characterization-prescribing-errors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35257/psn-pdf
June 25, 2009 - JCAHO's safety goals—the clock is ticking, will your ED
be compliant?
June 25, 2009
JCAHO's safety goals--the clock is ticking, will your ED be compliant? ED Manag. 2005;17(7):73-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/jcahos-safety-goals-clock-ticking-will-your-ed-be-compliant
This article provides practical advise for e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34605/psn-pdf
January 13, 2016 - The growing role of the Patient Safety Officer:
implications for risk managers.
January 13, 2016
Chicago, IL: American Society of Healthcare Risk Management; 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/growing-role-patient-safety-officer-implications-risk-managers
This report describes the development of the Patient Safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35864/psn-pdf
June 17, 2014 - Exploring strategies for reducing hospital errors.
June 17, 2014
McFadden KL, Stock GN, Gowen CR. Exploring strategies for reducing hospital errors. J Healthc Manag.
2006;51(2):123-136.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-strategies-reducing-hospital-errors
The authors surveyed health care quality directors on …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35653/psn-pdf
June 25, 2010 - Effective strategies to increase reporting of medication
errors in hospitals.
June 25, 2010
Force MVO, Deering L, Hubbe J, et al. Effective strategies to increase reporting of medication errors in
hospitals. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36(1):34-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-strategies-increase-reporting-medicati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39939/psn-pdf
June 27, 2018 - Hospitals collaborate to prevent wrong-site surgery.
June 27, 2018
Pelczarski KM, Braun PA, Young E. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Sept/Oct 2010;7:20-22,25-26.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-collaborate-prevent-wrong-site-surgery
This article describes a wrong-site surgery prevention program and how it was succ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36857/psn-pdf
January 22, 2017 - Eliminating perioperative adverse events at Ascension
Health.
January 22, 2017
Ewing H, Bruder G, Baroco P, et al. Eliminating perioperative adverse events at Ascension Health. Jt
Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(5):256-66.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-perioperative-adverse-events-ascension-health
The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41825/psn-pdf
November 21, 2012 - Supporting a psychiatric hospital culture of safety.
November 21, 2012
Mahoney JS, Ellis TE, Garland G, et al. Supporting a psychiatric hospital culture of safety. J Am Psychiatr
Nurses Assoc. 2012;18(5):299-306. doi:10.1177/1078390312460577.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/supporting-psychiatric-hospital-culture-safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40330/psn-pdf
March 30, 2011 - Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.
March 30, 2011
Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35(2):110-118.
doi:10.1097/NAQ.0b013e31820fbdc0.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/smart-pumps-implications-nurse-leaders
This commentary discusses the benefits and limitatio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35425/psn-pdf
June 17, 2014 - Have you M.E.T. the future of better patient safety?
June 17, 2014
Larson L. Have you M.E.T. the future of better patient safety? Trustee : the journal for hospital governing
boards. 2005;58(8):6-10, 1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/have-you-met-future-better-patient-safety
This article recaps the origins of the me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36365/psn-pdf
February 08, 2011 - Designing Safer Rotas for Junior Doctors in the 48-Hour
Week.
February 8, 2011
Horrocks N, Pounder R. London, UK: Royal College of Physicians of London; 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/designing-safer-rotas-junior-doctors-48-hour-week
This report discusses risks associated with junior doctor night shift work an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42035/psn-pdf
February 13, 2013 - Using Safety Cases in Industry and Healthcare.
February 13, 2013
London, UK: Health Foundation; December 2012. ISBN: 9781906461430.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-safety-cases-industry-and-healthcare
This report details how high-risk industries use safety cases to identify, evaluate, address, and monitor
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35513/psn-pdf
February 22, 2010 - Utility of an online medication-error-reporting system.
February 22, 2010
Savage SW, Schneider PJ, Pedersen CA. Utility of an online medication-error-reporting system. Am J
Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(21):2265-70.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utility-online-medication-error-reporting-system
The investigators survey…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36010/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - Operating room briefings: working on the same page.
January 2, 2017
Makary MA, Holzmueller CG, Thompson DA, et al. Operating room briefings: working on the same page. Jt
Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(6):351-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/operating-room-briefings-working-same-page
The authors describe a tool fo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33984/psn-pdf
April 17, 2024 - ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and
Dose Designations.
April 17, 2024
Horsham, PA; Institute for Safe Medication Practices; April 17, 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-list-error-prone-abbreviations-symbols-and-dose-designations
A handy list for medical personnel to ensure and implement safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34135/psn-pdf
February 28, 2024 - Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.
February 28, 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-healthcare-settings
The hand hygiene guidelines represent part of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
strategy to promote patient safety by reducing infect…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40991/psn-pdf
January 17, 2017 - MRI safety 10 years later.
January 17, 2017
Gilk T, Latino RJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. November/December 2011;8:22-23,26-29.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mri-safety-10-years-later
Describing a case of accidental patient death in an MRI suite, this article reviews a root cause analysis of
the event and notes that…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37473/psn-pdf
December 27, 2014 - Communicating Critical Test Results.
December 27, 2014
Burlington MA: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, MassPRO.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-critical-test-results-0
This set of materials provides checklists, worksheets, and other aids to help implement a reliable cri…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42769/psn-pdf
November 27, 2013 - Sepsis: recognizing the next event.
November 27, 2013
Kilburn FL, Bailey P, Price D. Sepsis: recognizing the next event. Nursing (Brux). 2013;43(10):14-6.
doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000434320.25397.53.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sepsis-recognizing-next-event
This commentary describes the development and implementatio…