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January 09, 2014 - Antiretroviral medication prescribing errors are common
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July 08, 2020 - Participation in a system-thinking simulation experience
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January 18, 2017 - Tamper-resistant drugs cannot solve the opioid crisis.
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Health care organizations ha…
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July 31, 2024 - Impact of a daily huddle on safety in perioperative
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August 24, 2016 - 5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong?
August 24, 2016
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January 01, 2021 - Intervention study for the reduction of medication errors
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August 30, 2017 - Structured patient handoffs: the movement toward
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August 30, 2017
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November 20, 2015 - Hospice diagnosis: polypharmacy—a teachable moment.
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July 06, 2022 - Frailty, gaps in care coordination, and preventable
adverse events.
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June 26, 2019 - Patient safety professionals as the third victims of
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April 25, 2018 - Patient safety vulnerabilities for children with intellectual
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December 21, 2018 - Analgesic-related medication errors reported to US
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March 04, 2015 - Impact of an automated email notification system for
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September 12, 2016 - Using crew resource management and a 'read-and-do
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March 25, 2009 - Work hours, work stress, and collaboration among ward
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March 25, 2009
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May 31, 2017 - Implementation of a structured hospital-wide morbidity
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May 31, 2017
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June 14, 2023 - Impact of fatigue on anaesthesia providers: a scoping
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June 14, 2023
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June 20, 2018 - Are second victims getting the help they need?
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May 25, 2010 - A prospective controlled trial of the effect of a multi-
faceted intervention on early recognition and intervention
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May 25, 2010
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July 11, 2017 - The frequency of inappropriate nonformulary medication
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July 11, 2017
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