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  1. Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the details. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicares-decision-withhold-payment-hospital-errors-devil-details
    March 13, 2013 - January 18, 2017 Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection

  2. Autopsy interrogation of emergency medicine dispute cases: how often are clinical diagnoses incorrect? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/autopsy-interrogation-emergency-medicine-dispute-cases-how-often-are-clinical-diagnoses
    March 24, 2019 - 2022 In-hospital mortality associated with the misdiagnosis or unidentified site of infection

  3. Prevalence and predictors of adverse events in older surgical patients: impact of the present on admission indicator. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-and-predictors-adverse-events-older-surgical-patients-impact-present-admission
    October 04, 2023 - July 6, 2022 The association of acute COVID-19 infection with Patient Safety Indicator

  4. Does Nursing Home Compare reflect patient safety in nursing homes? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-nursing-home-compare-reflect-patient-safety-nursing-homes
    February 10, 2015 - April 14, 2021 Accuracy of infection reporting in US nursing home ratings.

  5. Accuracy of practitioner estimates of probability of diagnosis before and after testing. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-practitioner-estimates-probability-diagnosis-and-after-testing
    May 05, 2021 - disease for common conditions (pneumonia, cardiac ischemia, breast cancer screening, and urinary tract infection

  6. Systematic review of medication safety assessment methods. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-medication-safety-assessment-methods
    January 03, 2017 - Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection

  7. Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the private sector: the Patient Safety in Surgery study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/successful-implementation-department-veterans-affairs-national-surgical-quality-improvement
    March 28, 2012 - This study demonstrated similar improvement in clinical outcomes, including surgical site infection

  8. Maintaining maternal-newborn safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/maintaining-maternal-newborn-safety-during-covid-19-pandemic
    November 16, 2022 - March 31, 2021 Process failures that increase the risk of infection through respiratory

  9. Adverse events after transition from ICU to hospital ward: a multicenter cohort study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-after-transition-icu-hospital-ward-multicenter-cohort-study
    October 13, 2018 - June 30, 2021 Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection.

  10. Medication dose calculation errors and other numeracy mishaps in hospitals: analysis of the nature and enablers of incident reports. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-dose-calculation-errors-and-other-numeracy-mishaps-hospitals-analysis-nature-and
    May 11, 2022 - deterioration and hospital‐acquired complications in adult patients with isolation precautions for infection

  11. The economic burden of nurse-sensitive adverse events in 22 medical-surgical units: retrospective and matching analysis. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-burden-nurse-sensitive-adverse-events-22-medical-surgical-units-retrospective-and
    December 15, 2021 - events—including pressure ulcers , falls , medication administration errors , pneumonia, and urinary tract infection—for

  12. Reasons for drug administration problems and perceived needs for assistance of patients, family caregivers, and nurses: a qualitative study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reasons-drug-administration-problems-and-perceived-needs-assistance-patients-family
    November 02, 2010 - April 27, 2022 Patient and family engagement in catheter-associated urinary tract infection

  13. Modifications to medical emergency team activation criteria and implications for patient safety: a point prevalence study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/modifications-medical-emergency-team-activation-criteria-and-implications-patient-safety
    July 20, 2022 - deterioration and hospital‐acquired complications in adult patients with isolation precautions for infection

  14. Increasing patient safety event reporting in an emergency medicine residency. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-patient-safety-event-reporting-emergency-medicine-residency
    August 04, 2021 - January 4, 2019 Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area.

  15. Nurses' perceptions of an electronic patient record from a patient safety perspective: a qualitative study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-perceptions-electronic-patient-record-patient-safety-perspective-qualitative-study
    October 09, 2013 - Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

  16. Advancing health equity in patient safety: a reckoning, challenge and opportunity. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-health-equity-patient-safety-reckoning-challenge-and-opportunity
    February 23, 2022 - Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) as an effective mechanism in preventing infection

  17. Delivery of optimized inpatient anticoagulation therapy: consensus statement from the Anticoagulation Forum. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delivery-optimized-inpatient-anticoagulation-therapy-consensus-statement-anticoagulation
    March 04, 2020 - June 16, 2019 Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area.

  18. Serious experience events: applying patient safety concepts to improve patient experience. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-experience-events-applying-patient-safety-concepts-improve-patient-experience
    August 04, 2021 - August 11, 2021 Applying decision science to the prioritization of healthcare-associated infection

  19. Technology-related safety event analysis in community clinical informatics: a case study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/technology-related-safety-event-analysis-community-clinical-informatics-case-study
    April 03, 2024 - January 24, 2024 Infection control hazards and near misses reported by nursing students

  20. Standards for patient monitoring during general anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standards-patient-monitoring-during-general-anesthesia-harvard-medical-school
    February 10, 2011 - November 13, 2024 Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area.
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