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April 10, 2024 - April 24, 2024 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, reports,…
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May 01, 2006 - Right? Left? Neither!
May 1, 2006
Chassin MR, Howell EA. Right? Left? Neither!. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/right-left-neither
Case Objectives
Appreciate the role of Reason's Swiss Cheese Model in medical errors
Understand the process of analyzing a single error
Provide suggestions for …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bloody-bp-cuff
June 21, 2016 - Bloody BP Cuff
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Madan AK. Bloody BP Cuff. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003.
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February 23, 2022 - Incomplete Orders for Hypertonic Saline to Treat Hyponatremia
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Wiegley N, Morfín JA. Incomplete Orders for Hypertonic Saline to Treat Hyponatremia. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2020.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/routine-goes-awry
September 23, 2020 - Routine Goes Awry
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Huoh KC, Rosbe KW. Routine Goes Awry. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011.
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June 23, 2021 - Environmental Safety in the OR
February 1, 2004
Linkin DR, Lautenbach E. Environmental Safety in the OR . PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/environmental-safety-or
The Case
The infection control department of a hospital noticed a marked increase in the rates of post-operative
sternal wound inf…
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May 11, 2014 - Vial Mistakes Involving Heparin
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Vanderveen T. Vial Mistakes Involving Heparin. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009.
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April 24, 2018 - The Next Step: Use of a Pre-Operative Checklist to Prevent Missteps
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Sauder C, Kleber KT. The Next Step: Use of a Pre-Operative Checklist to Prevent Missteps. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2022.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hip-fractures-older-patients-case-geriatrics-comanagement
July 01, 2004 - Hip Fractures in Older Patients: the Case for Geriatrics Comanagement
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Rogers S, Ward D. Hip Fractures in Older Patients: the Case for Geriatrics Comanagement. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-ascites-hazards-fluid-removal
June 01, 2018 - Managing Ascites: Hazards of Fluid Removal
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Moore K. Managing Ascites: Hazards of Fluid Removal. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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November 21, 2018 - The Physical Environment: An Often Unconsidered Patient Safety Tool
Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC; Eileen B. Malone, RN, MSN, MS, EDAC | October 1, 2012
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Joseph A, Malone EB. The Physical Environment: An Often Unc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/crossing-borderline
June 01, 2022 - Crossing the Borderline
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Oldham JM. Crossing the Borderline. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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August 28, 2024 - Finding Fault With the Default Alert
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Baysari M. Finding Fault With the Default Alert. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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August 22, 2013 - On O.R. Off?
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Leonard M. On O.R. Off?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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December 22, 2018 - Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC
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Ilan R. Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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September 01, 2013 - A Painful Dilemma
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Davison SN. A Painful Dilemma. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/surgical-personality-threat-patient-safety
February 24, 2021 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Is the "Surgical Personality" a Threat to Patient Safety?
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Bosk CL. Is the "Surgical Personality" a Threat to Patient Safety?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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August 07, 2019 - An Obstructed View
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Carter J. An Obstructed View. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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March 01, 2018 - In Conversation With… Linda Aiken, PhD, RN
March 1, 2018
In Conversation With… Linda Aiken, PhD, RN. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-linda-aiken-phd-rn
Editor's note: Dr. Aiken is Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and
Director of the Ce…
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June 01, 2016 - July Syndrome
June 1, 2016
Young JQ. July Syndrome. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/july-syndrome
The Case
A 64-year-old man was seen in the thoracic surgery clinic in June after being diagnosed with a right lower
lobe lung cancer. The attending surgeon saw the patient along with his fellow,…