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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41195/psn-pdf
March 07, 2012 - Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and
'solutions.'
March 7, 2012
Emmerton LM, Rizk MFS. Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions'. Int J Clin Pharm.
2012;34(1):4-8. doi:10.1007/s11096-011-9595-x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/look-alike-and-sound-alike-medicines-risks-and-solutions
This…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37238/psn-pdf
September 04, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety
Advisory Council.
September 4, 2018
Leonhardt, K, Bonin D, Pagel P. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2008.
AHRQ Publication No. 08-0048
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guide-developing-community-based-patient-safety-advisory-council…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39826/psn-pdf
September 08, 2010 - Communicating After Harm in Healthcare.
September 8, 2010
Communication Advisory Committee. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2010.
ISBN: 9781926541266
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidelines-informing-media-after-adverse-event
This guideline provides an organizational strategy, flow charts,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38285/psn-pdf
December 10, 2008 - AHRQ Risk-informed Intervention Development and
Implementation of Safe Practices in Ambulatory Care.
December 10, 2008
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-risk-informed-intervention-development-and-implementation-safe-
practices-ambulatory-care…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36778/psn-pdf
August 26, 2011 - What medications does your patient take? Enhancing
medication safety in the outpatient setting.
August 26, 2011
Institute for Healthcare Improvement; IHI
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-medications-does-your-patient-take-enhancing-medication-safety-
outpatient-setting
This article discusses the importance of me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40738/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Misadministration of IV insulin associated with dose
measurement and hyperkalemia treatment.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 11, 2011;16:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misadministration-iv-insulin-associated-dose-measurement-and-hyperkalemia-
treatment
This article discus…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40518/psn-pdf
June 15, 2011 - Consensus building for development of outpatient
adverse drug event triggers.
June 15, 2011
Mull HJ, Nebeker JR, Shimada SL, et al. Consensus building for development of outpatient adverse drug
event triggers. J Patient Saf. 2011;7(2):66-71. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e31820c98ba.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consensus-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49614/psn-pdf
November 01, 2010 - Reconciling Records
November 1, 2010
Singh H, Sittig DF, Layden M. Reconciling Records. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reconciling-records
The Cases
Case 1. A patient receiving care at a Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic was admitted to a local
teaching hospital. When discharged, h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.311_slideshow.ppt
December 01, 2013 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight Case
New Oral Anticoagulants
1
This presentation is based on the December 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38550/psn-pdf
May 08, 2018 - Fatal outcome after inadvertent injection of topical
epinephrine.
May 8, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 26, 2009;14:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-outcome-after-inadvertent-injection-topical-epinephrine
This article reports on the mistaken administration of a high-alert medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36982/psn-pdf
June 11, 2017 - Requires DHSS to make reported information about
certain adverse events publicly available.
June 27, 2007
212 New Jersey Legislature. Assembly, No. 4327. June 11, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/requires-dhss-make-reported-information-about-certain-adverse-events-
publicly-available
This bill amends a previous…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40089/psn-pdf
July 27, 2011 - Serious Reportable Events
July 27, 2011
National Quality Forum. 2009-2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-serious-reportable-events-healthcare
This project--now complete--examined the presence and tracking of never events as part of a larger
National Quality Forum strategy to improve patient safety. T…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43443/psn-pdf
August 13, 2014 - Feds stop public disclosure of many serious hospital
errors.
August 13, 2014
O'Donnell J.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/feds-stop-public-disclosure-many-serious-hospital-errors
This newspaper article reports on changes to publicly reported data on the Hospital Compare Web site.
Several avoidable hospital-acquired …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49779/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - The Empty Bag
December 1, 2016
Vincent C. The Empty Bag. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/empty-bag
The Case
A 90-year-old woman with end-stage dementia was admitted to an acute care hospital for treatment of a
hip fracture after a fall at a nursing home. During the hospitalization, her kidne…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.101_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2005 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case July 2005
Impatient Inpatient Dosing
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the July 2005
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Medicine
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Richard H. White…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34728/psn-pdf
December 19, 2016 - Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure. 2nd
ed.
December 19, 2016
Bosk CL.Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press; 2003. ISBN: 9780226066783.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/forgive-and-remember-managing-medical-failure-2nd-ed
In this seminal study, Bosk, a medical sociologist at the University of Pennsylvan…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43293/psn-pdf
June 25, 2014 - Health-care providers want patients to read medical
records, spot errors.
June 25, 2014
Landro L. Wall Street Journal. June 9, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-providers-want-patients-read-medical-records-spot-errors
As they become more prevalent, electronic medical records (EMRs) are being used to i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41932/psn-pdf
December 19, 2012 - Important change to heparin container labels to clearly
state the total drug strength.
December 19, 2012
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; December 6, 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/important-change-heparin-container-labels-clearly-state-total-drug-strength
This announc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46408/psn-pdf
November 29, 2017 - Eliminating vincristine administration events.
November 29, 2017
Quick Safety. October 16, 2017;(37):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-vincristine-administration-events
Vincristine administration errors can have serious consequences. This newsletter article outlines steps to
reduce risks associated wit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42537/psn-pdf
October 02, 2013 - The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic.
October 2, 2013
McLean TW, White GM, Bagliani AF, et al. The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic. Pediatr
Blood Cancer. 2013;60(11):1855-9. doi:10.1002/pbc.24657.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-checklist-pediatric-oncology-clinic
An Institute o…