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  1. Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections. | PSNet

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    June 07, 2008 - Book/Report Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections. Citation Text: Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Ho…

  2. Effective perioperative communication to enhance patient care. | PSNet

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    March 17, 2015 - Commentary Effective perioperative communication to enhance patient care. Citation Text: Garrett H. Effective Perioperative Communication to Enhance Patient Care. AORN J. 2016;104(2):111-20. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.06.001. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed Bib…

  3. Safety of care by caregivers of cancer patients. | PSNet

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    March 02, 2012 - Review Safety of care by caregivers of cancer patients. Citation Text: Given BA. Safety of Care by Caregivers of Cancer Patients. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2019;35(4):374-379. doi:10.1016/j.soncn.2019.06.011. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML End…

  4. Nurse interrupted: development of a realistic medication administration simulation for undergraduate nurses. | PSNet

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    September 27, 2016 - Commentary Nurse interrupted: development of a realistic medication administration simulation for undergraduate nurses. Citation Text: Hayes C, Power T, Davidson PM, et al. Nurse interrupted: Development of a realistic medication administration simulation for undergraduate nurses. Nurse …

  5. What is the NHS Safety Thermometer? | PSNet

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    November 02, 2016 - Commentary What is the NHS Safety Thermometer? Citation Text: Power M, Stewart K, Brotherton A. What is the NHS Safety Thermometer? Clin Risk. 2012;18(5):163-169. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS …

  6. Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred from the hospital to the nursing home: a pilot quality improvement project. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - Study Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred from the hospital to the nursing home: a pilot quality improvement project. Citation Text: Ward KT, Bates-Jensen B, Eslami MS, et al. Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred …

  7. Developing a quality and safety curriculum for fellows: lessons learned from a neonatology fellowship program. | PSNet

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    August 30, 2023 - Commentary Developing a quality and safety curriculum for fellows: lessons learned from a neonatology fellowship program. Citation Text: Gupta M, Ringer S, Tess A, et al. Developing a quality and safety curriculum for fellows: lessons learned from a neonatology fellowship program. Acad…

  8. The need for risk profiling in patient safety. | PSNet

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    August 08, 2010 - Commentary The need for risk profiling in patient safety. Citation Text: Donaldson LJ, Noble DJ. The need for risk profiling in patient safety. J Patient Saf. 2010;6(3):125-7. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181ed73a3. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote…

  9. Time for transparent standards in quality reporting by health care organizations. | PSNet

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    July 07, 2021 - Commentary Time for transparent standards in quality reporting by health care organizations. Citation Text: Pronovost P, Wu AW, Austin M. Time for Transparent Standards in Quality Reporting by Health Care Organizations. JAMA. 2017;318(8):701-702. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.10124. Copy Citat…

  10. Medical trainees' formal and informal incident reporting across a five-hospital academic medical center. | PSNet

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    May 10, 2016 - Study Medical trainees' formal and informal incident reporting across a five-hospital academic medical center. Citation Text: Logio LS, Ramanujam R. Medical trainees' formal and informal incident reporting across a five-hospital academic medical center. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;3…

  11. With Safety in Mind: Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    August 07, 2018 - Book/Report With Safety in Mind: Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. Citation Text: With Safety in Mind: Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. Scobie S, Minghella E, Dale C, et al. London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2006. Copy Citation Save …

  12. Fixing healthcare from the inside, today. | PSNet

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    February 28, 2011 - Commentary Classic Fixing healthcare from the inside, today. Citation Text: Spear SJ. Fixing health care from the inside, today. Harv Bus Rev. 2005;83(9):78-91, 158. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML …

  13. Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. | PSNet

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    May 24, 2023 - Book/Report Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Citation Text: Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement. Independent Mortality Review of …

  14. Is health care getting safer? | PSNet

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    December 14, 2016 - Commentary Is health care getting safer? Citation Text: Vincent CA, Aylin PP, Franklin BD, et al. Is health care getting safer? BMJ. 2008;337:a2426. doi:10.1136/bmj.a2426. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged P…

  15. Detecting adverse drug events through data mining. | PSNet

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    February 17, 2009 - Commentary Detecting adverse drug events through data mining. Citation Text: Glasgow JM, Kaboli PJ. Detecting adverse drug events through data mining. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(4):317-20. doi:10.2146/ajhp090115. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX …

  16. Patterns of nurse–physician communication and agreement on the plan of care. | PSNet

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    December 21, 2014 - Study Patterns of nurse–physician communication and agreement on the plan of care. Citation Text: O'Leary KJ, Thompson JA, Landler MP, et al. Patterns of nurse-physician communication and agreement on the plan of care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(3):195-9. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.03022…

  17. Reality check for checklists. | PSNet

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    April 21, 2015 - Commentary Classic Reality check for checklists. Citation Text: Bosk CL, Dixon-Woods M, Goeschel CA, et al. Reality check for checklists. Lancet. 2009;374(9688):444-5. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XM…

  18. Enhancing the quality and safety of the perioperative patient. | PSNet

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    January 14, 2014 - Review Enhancing the quality and safety of the perioperative patient. Citation Text: Staender S, Smith A. Enhancing the quality and safety of the perioperative patient. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2017;30(6):730-735. doi:10.1097/ACO.0000000000000517. Copy Citation Format: DOI G…

  19. Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? | PSNet

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    February 07, 2018 - Commentary Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? Citation Text: Urbach DR, Dimick JB, Haynes AB, et al. Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? BMJ. 2019;366:l4700. doi:10.1136/bmj.l4700. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XM…

  20. Changing the narratives for patient safety. | PSNet

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    April 17, 2019 - Commentary Changing the narratives for patient safety. Citation Text: Pronovost P, Sutcliffe K, Basu L, et al. Changing the narratives for patient safety. Bull World Health Organ. 2017;95(6):478-480. doi:10.2471/BLT.16.178392. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed…
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