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5921. “This is the wrong patient's blood!”: Evaluating a Near-Miss Wrong Transfusion Event | PSNet
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      July 01, 2017 - remarkable improvement in safety in terms of infectious agents. 1 Rates of transfusion-transmitted viral infections … Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections

5922. In Conversation With… Eric J. Topol, MD | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - the beginning because as we go forward that same smartphone is a platform for doing labs, diagnosing infections … for example if you have an app that enables you to examine your child's eardrum, it says there is an infection

5923. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 18, 2024 - In hospitals, falls with injuries can lead to other adverse outcomes including pressure injuries or infections

5924. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - outside the OR, including whether a patient has received appropriate prophylaxis against surgical site infections

5925. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)
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      November 01, 2012 - Background: Transfusion (2) The HIV epidemic in the 1980s brought an increasing concern about blood-borne infections

5926. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - traditional consultation in patients undergoing arthroplasty, minor complications (e.g., urinary tract infections

5927. Patient Engagement in Safety | PSNet
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      January 01, 2018 - safety experiences had no impact on a global measure of safety including outcomes like urinary tract infections

5928. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2011 - Common events (e.g., health care–associated infections, falls) may be so common that individual hospitals

5929. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 10, 2024 - of patient safety events and adverse events such as medication issues, falls, pressure ulcers, and infections

5930. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2015 - other safety topics such as medication errors, surgical complications, and health care–associated infections

5931. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 23, 2024 - Michigan reports that at least 100,000 people die each year from major complications like blood clots, infections

5932. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - The patient was suffering from multiple concurrent infections requiring intravenous antibiotics.

5933. National Patient Safety Goals | PSNet
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      January 16, 2025 - safety, alarm safety, facilitating clinician communication, as well as preventing hospital-associated infections

5934. Accountability in Patient Safety | PSNet
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      January 01, 2018 - For example, failing to perform hand hygiene demonstrably leads to health care–associated infections,

5935. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 02, 2019 - of patients experiencing severe neutropenia from the medication, which may lead to serious or fatal infections

5936. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - No adverse events (e.g., pump site infections, diabetic ketoacidosis, pump malfunction) were identified

5937. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 28, 2020 - We work with other agencies, including the CDC around topics such as hospital acquired infections and

5938. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 25, 2025 - Such conditions (etiologies) in patients with headache include intracranial hemorrhage, CNS infections

5939. Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture | PSNet
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      March 15, 2023 - include overinflation of the cuff, malpositioning of the tracheostomy, corticosteroid use, tracheal infection … May 29, 2024 What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections

5940. Total Parenteral Nutrition, Multifarious Errors | PSNet
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      January 23, 2017 - developmentally appropriate but quite fragile medically, with multiple recent admissions for anemia and infections … effects of PN include complications associated with intravenous access (e.g., thrombosis, bloodstream infection