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September 08, 2022 - Consumermedsafety.org
September 8, 2022
Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consumermedsafetyorg
This redesigned Web site provides information about drug safety alerts and allows consumers to help
report and prevent medication errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37085/psn-pdf
July 15, 2013 - Critical Care Safety: Essentials for ICU Patient Care and
Technology.
July 15, 2013
Plymouth Meeting PA: ECRI Institute; 2007. ISBN 9780977914258.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-care-safety-essentials-icu-patient-care-and-technology
This guide provides comprehensive tools for assessment, training, and imple…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36465/psn-pdf
September 27, 2010 - An interview with Donald Berwick.
September 27, 2010
Berwick DM. An interview with Donald Berwick. Interview by Paul M Schyve. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf.
2006;32(12):661-666.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interview-donald-berwick
Dr. Berwick, president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses his lif…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49483/psn-pdf
June 01, 2005 - Getting to the Root of the Matter
June 1, 2005
Saint S, Flanders S. Getting to the Root of the Matter. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-root-matter
Case Objectives
Appreciate the goals and limitations of root cause analysis
Outline the steps to conduct root cause analysis
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September 01, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Getting to the Root of the Matter
Citation Text:
Saint S, Flanders S. Getting to the Root of the Matter. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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September 15, 2024 - Leadership Role in Improving Safety
September 15, 2024
Leadership Role in Improving Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/leadership-role-improving-safety
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36931/psn-pdf
September 09, 2011 - Customer focused incident monitoring in anaesthesia.
September 9, 2011
Khan FA, Khimani S. Customer focused incident monitoring in anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2007;62(6):586-
90.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/customer-focused-incident-monitoring-anaesthesia
The authors studied anesthesia-related incident reports at o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39415/psn-pdf
March 31, 2010 - ISMP's Guidelines for Standard Order Sets.
March 31, 2010
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; March 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismps-guidelines-standard-order-sets
To ensure the safety and effectiveness of standard order sets, this guide provides recommendations on
content, design, approv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41902/psn-pdf
November 19, 2018 - High-Alert Medication Learning Guides for Consumers.
November 19, 2018
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-alert-medication-learning-guides-consumers
This set of leaflets provides patients with information about taking high-alert medications safely.
https…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37407/psn-pdf
September 02, 2014 - HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality
Trends in Canada.
September 2, 2014
Ottowa, Ontario, CA: Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2007. ISBN 9781554651832.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hsmr-new-approach-measuring-hospital-mortality-trends-canada
This report describes a new metric used to an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34010/psn-pdf
June 20, 2019 - ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Nurse-Advise ERR.
June 20, 2019
Plymouth Meeting, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-safety-alertr-nurse-advise-err
ISMP's newsletter was designed to specifically meet the needs of nurses who transcribe medication orders,
adminis…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35569/psn-pdf
April 29, 2018 - Fatal misadministration of IV vincristine.
April 29, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. December 1, 2005
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-misadministration-iv-vincristine
This alert responds to fatal medication errors involving vincristine and reiterates the importance of adhering
to error re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38250/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Using external errors to signal a clear and present
danger.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 6, 2008;13:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-external-errors-signal-clear-and-present-danger
This article addresses the biases inherent when hearing reports of errors at other …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40112/psn-pdf
July 12, 2016 - Panel set to study safety of electronic patient data.
July 12, 2016
Freudenheim M.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/panel-set-study-safety-electronic-patient-data
This article reports on a committee created by the Institute of Medicine to analyze the potential impact of
electronic medical records (EMR) on costs and qu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39906/psn-pdf
July 08, 2013 - Safe Site Invasive Procedure—Non-Operating Room.
July 8, 2013
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-site-invasive-procedure-non-operating-room
This protocol is designed to protect against wrong-site incidents in ambulatory care and to improve team
communication and patient e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40987/psn-pdf
February 22, 2017 - Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety
and Quality: A Mini Toolkit.
February 22, 2017
Bethesda, MD: Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care; 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-patients-and-families-enhance-safety-and-quality-mini-toolkit
This toolkit provides strategies for enga…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33903/psn-pdf
November 28, 2018 - ECRI Guidelines Trust.
November 28, 2018
ECRI Institute.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ecri-guidelines-trust
This website is a practical resource to review existing clinical practice guidelines in a centralized location.
Key components of the site include links to full-text guidelines and an assessment function tha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40388/psn-pdf
April 20, 2011 - Still Crossing The Quality Chasm.
April 20, 2011
Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30(4):554-800.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/still-crossing-quality-chasm
This special issue contains articles on progress made in patient safety since the landmark Institute of
Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm.
https://…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35509/psn-pdf
January 17, 2025 - Patient Safety Awareness Week.
January 17, 2025
Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-awareness-week
This website provides resources for promoting patient safety during Patient Safety Awareness Week,
including a webinar archive, selected readings and communication strate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35937/psn-pdf
June 19, 2007 - Ounce of prevention: to reduce errors, hospitals
prescribe innovative designs.
June 19, 2007
Naik G. Wall Street Journal. May 8, 2006; A1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ounce-prevention-reduce-errors-hospitals-prescribe-innovative-designs
This article reports on innovations implemented at a Wisconsin hospital to im…