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  1. Lethal Cap | PSNet

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    December 19, 2018 - Lethal Cap Citation Text: Schillinger D. Lethal Cap. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Do…

  2. Chest Tube Complications | PSNet

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    September 27, 2023 - chest tube placement include malpositioning (the most common complication), recurrent pneumothorax, infection

  3. In Conversation With… Kathleen Sutcliffe, MN, PhD | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - One resident said that he had a patient once who was a 16-year-old diabetic who had a horrible infection

  4. Is the "Surgical Personality" a Threat to Patient Safety? | PSNet

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    February 24, 2021 - WebM&M Cases Delayed Management of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2011 - Is there a smoldering urinary tract infection that's gone undetected that's going to cause a big episode

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2010 - To promote a consistent approach by the physician, nurse, infection control practitioner, and infectious

  7. Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) Reduces Hospitalizations Among Nursing Home Residents | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/missouri-quality-initiative-moqi-reduces-hospitalizations-among-nursing-home-residents
    July 23, 2024 - included a focus on six conditions (pneumonia, dehydration, congestive heart failure, urinary tract infection

  8. Transitions in Adolescent Medicine | PSNet

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    August 04, 2021 - May 26, 2016 Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions for bloodstream infections

  9. In Conversation With… Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS | PSNet

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    April 19, 2023 - We also measured a number of secondary outcomes: wound infections, renal failure, sepsis, and readmissions

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2012 - systems in which reimbursement is going to be tied to reduction of never events, hospital-acquired infections

  11. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Anesthesia Error During Cesarean_06.22.2023 - Final.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2023 - the neonate.6,14,16 • Neuraxial anesthesia has been associated with lower rates of surgical site infections

  12. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, and Baylor College of Medicine Revised Safer Diagnosis (Safer Dx) Instrument | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Infections and neurologic conditions were the most missed diagnoses across all high-risk cohorts (16/

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2006 - It's easier to analyze, meaning that it can be pretty straightforward how many central line infections

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2015 - In the case of CUSP for central line infections, we had substantial resources to actually do quite a

  15. Delay in Malignancy Diagnosis Reflects Systemic Failures | PSNet

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    September 25, 2019 - Clinical pathway adherence and missed diagnostic opportunities among children with musculoskeletal infections

  16. Cultural Competence and Patient Safety | PSNet

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    December 27, 2019 - harmful treatment interactions from simultaneous use of traditional medicines, healthcare-associated infections … If you’re looking at rates of infection in a hospital over a period of time, moving the needle on those

  17. Getting Into Patient Safety: A Personal Story | PSNet

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    August 01, 2006 - than 100 intensive care units in Michigan that have gone for almost a year without any central line infections

  18. In Conversation With… Mary Dixon-Woods, DPhil | PSNet

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    March 01, 2017 - Central line infections were seen as the price of doing business in ICUs. … It did work in the sense that it achieved the same infection rate, but it could have achieved so much

  19. Defensive Medicine: "Glowing" with Pain | PSNet

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    November 01, 2012 - One can envision an environment in which a patient with abdominal pain but no other findings (of an infection

  20. DRESSed for Failure | PSNet

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    September 01, 2011 - presented to the emergency department (ED) with right hand cellulitis and an uncomplicated urinary tract infection
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