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  1. A system-wide initiative to prevent retained vaginal sponges. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-wide-initiative-prevent-retained-vaginal-sponges
    November 07, 2012 - Results and lessons from a hospital-wide initiative incentivised by delivery system reform to improve infection

  2. Teaching patient safety in global health: lessons from the Duke Global Health Patient Safety Fellowship. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teaching-patient-safety-global-health-lessons-duke-global-health-patient-safety-fellowship
    October 08, 2013 - describes an educational effort to develop champions to lead patient safety, quality improvement, and infection

  3. The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: How-To Guide. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-home-expert-panels-falls-investigation-guide-toolkit-how-guide
    January 09, 2025 - April 6, 2022 Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care Facilities.

  4. Improving the communication between teams managing boarded patients on a surgical specialty ward. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-communication-between-teams-managing-boarded-patients-surgical-specialty-ward
    September 29, 2017 - WebM&M Cases Delayed Management of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

  5. Team structure and adverse events in home health care. | PSNet

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    February 03, 2011 - March 3, 2021 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications

  6. Black Patients are More Likely Than White Patients to be in Hospitals with Worse Patient Safety Conditions. | PSNet

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    August 18, 2021 - May 31, 2023 Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control: Executive Summary.

  7. Patient safety climate in 92 US hospitals: differences by work area and discipline. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-climate-92-us-hospitals-differences-work-area-and-discipline
    September 02, 2009 - February 29, 2012 The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection

  8. A sudden death with lung embolism after inadvertent infusion of zinc oxide shake lotion. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sudden-death-lung-embolism-after-inadvertent-infusion-zinc-oxide-shake-lotion
    January 12, 2022 - March 2, 2011 Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection.

  9. Patterns in outpatient benzodiazepine prescribing in the United States. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-outpatient-benzodiazepine-prescribing-united-states
    September 20, 2011 - March 22, 2017 Antiretroviral medication errors among hospitalized patients with HIV infection

  10. The Report of the Manitoba Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest: An Inquiry into Twelve Deaths at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center in 1994. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-manitoba-pediatric-cardiac-surgery-inquest-inquiry-twelve-deaths-winnipeg-health
    October 05, 2022 - November 9, 2022 Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery.

  11. A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

  12. Technical mistakes during the acquisition of the electrocardiogram. | PSNet

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    March 09, 2022 - April 22, 2015 Supplemental perioperative oxygen and the risk of surgical wound infection

  13. Psychology insights on apologizing to patients. | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - February 4, 2010 Safety of patients isolated for infection control.

  14. Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post-discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements. | PSNet

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    June 11, 2014 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

  15. Deprescribing as a clinical improvement focus. | PSNet

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    April 08, 2011 - April 16, 2019 Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection

  16. Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report. | PSNet

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    March 09, 2022 - June 10, 2020 Infection Control Deficiencies Were Widespread and Persistent in Nursing

  17. 136-Ss-Premortem-Tool (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/136-ss-premortem-tool.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Understanding potential implementation barriers and challenges before launching a surgical site infection

  18. Influence of house-staff experience on teaching-hospital mortality: the "July Phenomenon" revisited. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-house-staff-experience-teaching-hospital-mortality-july-phenomenon-revisited
    March 04, 2015 - September 11, 2009 The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on

  19. The promise of big data: improving patient safety and nursing practice. | PSNet

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    March 09, 2022 - , 2024 Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection

  20. Assembleteam (doc file)

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    June 02, 2025 - Additional members who would be helpful to involve in the initiative are: · Infection preventionists, … provide to the CUSP team members to educate them about the avoidance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections … members may include, but are not limited to: · Executive partners · Nurses · Patient safety officers · Infection … Key hospital departments, such as risk management, quality improvement, and infection prevention, that
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